A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 553



  1. “Adhu kembang-nga ce' gantheng-nga! Ce' raddin-na kembang-nga
    EXCL flower-DEF very handsome-DEF very pretty-DEF flower-DEF
    reya!
    this
    “Wow, the flowers are so beautiful! The flowers are so pretty!

  2. “Nemmo kamma ba'eng melle-na, Le'?
    AV.meet where you AV.buy-IRR yngr.sibling
    “Where did you buy them, Sis?”

  3. “Enja', engko' lo' melle. Engko' coma molong ngala' neng
    no I not AV.buy I just AV.gather AV.take at
    budhi-na roma.”
    back-DEF house
    “Oh, I didn't buy them. I just picked them from behind the house.”

  4. “O iya? Jajal engko' terro tao-wa.”
    oh yes try I want know-IRR
    “Oh yeah? I want to see them.”

  5. “Iya ayu' lo' pa-apa mon ba'eng terro ngala'.
    yes HORT not RED-what if you want AV.take
    “Come on, I don't mind if you want to take some.

  6. “Ngala' dibi' kassa, molong dibi'.
    AV.take self there AV.collect self
    “Well help yourself.

  7. “Kembang-nga bannya', lo' adha' makke e-polong engko'.
    flower-DEF many not not.exist though OV-gather I
    “There are a lot of flowers, and they never run out even though I pick
    them.

  8. “Dhaggi' mare e-polong tombu pole a-kembang pole.”
    next finish OV-gather grow again AV-flower again
    “After I have picked them, the flowers grow again.”

  9. Aher-ra Siti Lalumba entar dibi'.
    end-DEF Siti Lalumba go self
    Finally, Siti Lalumba went out by herself.

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