484 Chapter 15 Speech levels
gin princess has awakened in the morning after having a dream about a conjugal
visit from a handsome man (from which she miraculously becomes pregnant).
The servants (S) speak first to the princess (DAJ).
S: Pottre, badha ponapa panjennengngan? Me' pas ta' kadi biyasana.
princess exist what you EMPH then not like usual
‘Princess, what’s up with you? You look different.’
DAJ: Enja', engko' malem-ma a-mempe se ne-banne.
no I night-DEF AV-dream REL RED-no
‘Yes, last night I dreamed something weird.’
S: A-sopenna ponapa?
AV-dream what
‘What did you dream?’
DAJ: A...lo' osa tao ba'eng. Engko' mole-ya dha' Sumennep.
uh not need know you I go.home-IRR to Sumenep
‘Well, you don’t need to know. I want to go home to Sumenep.’
As is appropriate to the speech situation, the servants speak alos to the princess
who responds in kasar.
Earlier in the story, the princess is speaking with her father, Pangeran
Saca Diningrat (PSD), the King of Bana Sare. In this interaction the daughter
uses alos and the king responds in kasar. The king is trying to cajole his daugh-
ter into getting married.
PSD: Jajal rapa ayu' la duli noro' paton-na oreng, la
try why HORT already soon AV.follow opinion-DEF person already
duli a-lake.
soon AV-husband
‘Why don’t you pay attention to what most people think and get married
soon?’
DAJ: Adhu, Kai, dalem gilo' a-krena sakale se terro dha'-padha'-a
oh father I not.yet AV-want once REL want RED-same-IRR
bi' oreng.
with person
‘Oh, father, I am really not yet ready to be married.’