Adverbial clauses 399
(41) Ali nyare'-e obing guna ma-teppa' sapedha motor.^1
Ali AV.seek-DUR screwdriver in.order.to AV.CS-right motorcycle
‘Ali looked for a screwdriver to fix the motor cycle.’
(42) Ponggaba perrang-nga tao e-kerem-magi dha' Madura bara' kaangguy
staff war-DEF know OV-send-AGI to Madura west for
ma-ta'lo' rato Rosbaja, sopaja a-semba'-a dha' Sultan Agung
AV.CS.defeat king Arosbaya so.that AV-homage-IRR to Sultan Agung
neng Mataram.
at Mataram
‘He sent his army to west Madura, to defeat the king of Arosbaya so that
he would pay tribute to Sultan Agung in Mataram.’
Purpose clauses can also precede the clause they modify, as in (43) and (44).
(43) Kaangguy nyare slamet, Pangeran Cakraningrat ka empa' pas buru.
for AV.seek safe Pangeran Cakraningrat ORD four then run
‘In order to find safety, Pangeran Cakraningrat IV ran away.’
(44) Malle tang kai lo' todhus, malle tang ebu lo' todhus,
so.that my father not embarrassed so.that my mother not embarrassed
engko' keya lo' todhus, buwang-ngagi tang baji' reya dha'
I too not embarrassed discard-AGI my baby this to
tengnga alas.
center forest
‘So that my father is not ashamed and so that my mother is not ashamed,
and I am not ashamed either, please abandon my baby deep in the forest.’
Some purpose clauses establish the main clause as a consequence of the
action of the adverbial clause.
(45) Dha'ramma mon pas laju kraton bisa sampe' e-pa-kala, bisa sampe'
how if then then palace can until OV-CS-defeat can until
rato-na e-gante molo' menta banto-wan dha' to-rato laen
king-DEF OV-succeed although AV.ask help-NOM to RED-king different
ya, sossa reya?
yes sad this
‘How can the palace be defeated so that the king can be replaced without
asking for the help of other kings?’
(^1) Some speakers reject the use of guna 'use' in (41), considering it to be Indonesian
rather than pure Madurese.