A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 533



  1. Ra-kera cokop gan dhinna' gallu dungeng-nga Radin Sagara.
    RED-guess enough until here before story-DEF Radin Sagara
    OK, that's about enough for now; that's the story of Radin Sagara.


3. Siti Lalumba


as told by
Sri Mulyati Surachman



  1. Gi' jaman lamba', kona, badha oreng andhi' ana' empa', bine' kabbi.
    still age past ancient exist person have child four girl all
    A long time ago, there was a woman who had four children, all of them
    girls.

  2. Oreng jiya la towa, lo' andhi', mesken.
    person this already old not have poor.
    This woman was very old and poor.

  3. Roma-na ne'-kene', ko'-rongko'.
    house-DEF RED-small RED-hut
    The house was very small, only a small hut.

  4. Andhi' ana' empa', bine' kabbi nyama-na Siti Lalumba,Siti Kumamba,
    have child four female all name-DEF Siti Lalumba Siti Kumamba
    Siti Balasaritatiya ban Sariatinya.
    Siti Balasaritatiya and Sariatinya
    She had four children, all girls, named Siti Lalumba, Siti Kumamba, Siti
    Balasaritatiya and Sariatinya.

  5. Ban laggu ebu'-eng nyare kakan dha' pasar, nyare
    every morning mother-DEF AV.seek eat to market AV.seek
    ter-buter.
    RED-trivial.amount
    The mother looked for food at market. She looked for small amounts of
    rice.

  6. Biyasana oreng a-juwal topa’ gi' cekka' topa'-eng.
    usually person AV-sell wrapped.rice still stuck rice-DEF
    Usually someone sells rice cakes and some is still stuck in its wrapper.

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