A Grammar of Madurese

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  1. Seddhang e-kala'-a kembang-nga, pas, tana gella' pas ma-roka.
    while OV-take-IRR flower-DEF then ground before then AV.CS-split
    While they were trying to get the flowers, the ground suddenly split open.

  2. Taretan ka-tello' jiya maso' dha' dhalem.
    sibling KA-three this enter to inside
    The three sisters fell into the hole.

  3. Ka-bendher-ran Sariatinya dhateng.
    NOM-true Sariatinya come
    At that very monent, Sariatinya arrived.

  4. Pas teppa'-eng tana-na ma-roka tan-taretan-na maso'.
    then time-DEF ground-DEF AV.CS.split RED-sibling-DEF enter
    She saw the ground split and her three sisters fall in.

  5. “Tolong, tolong, tolong," koca'-eng taretan-na.
    help help help say-DEF sibling-DEF
    “Help, help, help,” called her sisters.

  6. Tape lo' bisa nolong Sariatinya.
    but not can AV.help Sariatinya
    But Sariatinya could do nothing to help them.

  7. Tana-na ma-roka ce' lebar-ra.
    ground-DEF AV.CS-split very wide-DEF
    The ground had split open too wide.

  8. Se taretan se ka-tello' jiya maso' dha' dhalem.
    REL sibling REL KA-three this enter to inside
    The three sisters were swallowed up in the ground.

  9. Adha' tana-na a-totop pole ce' cepped-da.
    front ground-DEF AV-close again very fast-DEF
    Next, the ground closed up again very quickly.

  10. Bi' bang-kembang-nga maso'.
    with RED- flower-DEF enter
    The flowers got swallowed up, too.

  11. Adha', amblas, mate, maso' dha' dhalem tana.
    not.exist gone die enter to inside ground
    They were all gone, buried in the ground

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