A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 541



  1. “Lo' tao maen dha' lowar tang ana' jiya.
    not know play to outside my child this
    “My children never play outside.

  2. “Dha' kamma?” koca'-eng.
    to where say-DEF
    “Where did they go?” she thought.

  3. “E-sare-en, sowal-la so engko' e-sare-ya dha' kamma tang
    OV-seek-DUR problem-DEF with I OV-seek-IRR to where my
    ana' sampe' ka-temmo.”
    child until KA-meet
    “I am going to look for my children, no matter what, until I find them.”

  4. A-jalan e-sare-en.
    AV-walk OV-seek-DUR
    She went to look for them.

  5. Sabban a-temmo bi' oreng, e-tanya'-agi,“Ba'eng ngatela'-e tang ana'
    every AV-meet with person OV-ask-AGI you AV.see-DUR my child
    ya?”
    yes
    Each time she met someone, she asked, “Have you seen my children?”

  6. “Sapa ana'-eng ba'eng?”
    who child-DEF you
    “Who are your children?”

  7. “Engko' andhi' ana' empa', nyama-na Siti Lalumba, Siti Kumamba,Siti
    I have child four name-DEF Siti Lalumba Siti Kumamba Siti
    Balasariatinya,ban Sariatinya.
    Balasariatinya and Sariatinya
    “I have four children, and their names are Siti Lalumba, Siti Kumamba, Siti
    Balasariatinya, and Sariatinya.

  8. “Nemmo-wa ya ba'eng?”
    AV.meet-IRR yes you
    “Have you seen them?”

  9. “Enja', lo' nemmo.”
    no not AV.meet
    “No, I haven’t seen them.”

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