A Grammar of Madurese

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  1. Ja'reng lakar-ra,ra-kera sangang bulan se e-buwang dha' tase'
    because real-DEF RED-guess nine month REL OV-discard to sea
    jiya, pas rembi' na'-kana' lake', baji' lake' ce' gantheng-nga.
    this then birth RED-child male baby male very handsome-DEF
    Because she had actually been out to sea for about nine months, then this
    very handsome baby boy was born.

  2. A-pekker Pottre Doro Gung jareya,“E-nyama-na sapa reya?
    AV-think Pottre Doro Gung this OV-name-IRR who this
    Pottre Doro Gung thought, “What should I name this baby?”

  3. “Reng rembi' neng penggir tase', neng pa-jalan-an tase', apa lebbi
    person born at edge sea at NOM-walk sea what more
    becce' ayu' nyama-e bai Radin Sagara.”
    good HORT name-LOC else noble ocean
    “Because he was delivered at the beach, and there was the journey over the
    sea, what better to name him than Radin Sagara.”

  4. Daddi na'-kana' lake' jareya moso Pottre Doro Gung pas e-nyama-e
    so RED-child male this with Pottre Doro Gung then OV-name-LOC
    Radin Sagara.
    Radin Sagara
    So Pottre Doro Gung named the boy Radin Sagara.

  5. Bid-abid-da, careta koca'-na, baji' bi' reng towa bine'-eng jareya,
    RED-long-DEF story say-DEF baby with parent female-DEF this
    neng attas gitek jiya, pas kandas dha' settong gegger-ran ya.
    at top raft this then run aground to one hill-NOM yes
    Eventually, according to the story, the baby and his mother on the raft ran
    aground at some fertile land.

  6. Penggir tase' se bannya' men-tamen-na ajiya e-nyama-e gegger-ran.
    edge sea REL many RED-plant-DEF this OV-name-LOC gegger-an
    On the coast were many plants called ‘gegger’.

  7. Kandas e se dhinna' Pottre Doro Gung pas laju toron, ongga
    run aground at REL there Pottre Doro Gung then then descend ascend
    dha' dharat.
    to shore
    Stuck there, Pottre Doro Gung then got off the raft and went ashore.

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