We investigate in detail the self-intermediate scattering function (SISF) of a lattice fluid (interacting lattice gas) with attractive nearest-neighbor interparticle interactions at a temperature slightly above the critical one by means of Monte Carlo simulations. An analytical expression is suggested to reproduce the simulation data. This expression is the generalization of the hydrodynamic limit with the wave vector, the time-dependent tracer diffusion coefficient, and the lattice geometry factor, instead of the square of the wave vector. The tracer diffusion coefficient is given by its zero wave-vector limit multiplied by the exponent of a function that contains only one fitting parameter describing its wave-vector dependence. In order to represent the time dependence of the SISF and to understand the time scales of the lattice fluid relaxation processes, we use two-and three-exponential fitting functions. The relaxation times group in three well-separated regions around 10, 100, and 1000 Monte Carlo steps and show weak concentration dependence. The analytical expression can also be used to calculate the lattice fluid dynamical structure factor.