A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 549



  1. “Adhu, Bu', ba'eng me' teppang jalan-na me' katha reya?
    EXCL mother you EMPH lame walk-DEF EMPH like this
    “Oh, Mother, why are you lame like this?

  2. “Ba'eng me' sajan towa me' katha jiya?”
    you EMPH more old EMPH like this
    “Why do you look so old?”

  3. Ebu'-eng nanges a-careta,
    mother-DEF AV.cry AV-story
    Crying, the mother said,

  4. “Ja' engko' a-jalan jau dhari roma sampe' dha' enna'.
    EMPH I AV-walk far from house until to here
    “I walked far from home to get here.

  5. “Tang tabu' lapar arjang.
    my stomach hungry thirsty
    “I was hungry and thirsty.

  6. “Ambu neng jalan ng-enom, menta aeng ng-enom dha' oreng.”
    stop at street AV-drink ask water AV-drink to person
    “I stopped in the street to get a drink. I asked people for water to drink.”

  7. Poko'-eng a-careta.
    basic-DEF AV-told
    In short, she told the story.

  8. Poko'-eng lo' a-bala ja' embug-ga lo' bellas dha' aba'eng.
    basic-DEF not AV-say COMP eld.sister-DEF not pity to her
    She didn’t say that her older sisters did not feel sorry for her.

  9. Lo' ng-ako dha' aba'eng. Lo' a-bala dha' Sariatinya.
    not AV-admit to her not AV-say to Sariatinya
    She didn’t admit it to her. She didn’t tell Sariatinya.

  10. “Kanna', Bu'. Ayu', Bu'.”
    here mother HORT mother
    “Come here, Mother. Come on.”

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