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(106) a. Soleha enga' ka nyama-na guru-na.
Soleha remember to name-DEF teacher-DEF
‘Soleha remembered her teacher’s name.’
b. Soleha ng-enga'-e nyama-na guru-na.
Soleha AV-remember-LOC name-DEF teacher-DEF
‘Soleha remembered her teacher’s name.’
Similarly, (107), in which Nabun is object of the preposition bab ‘about’, is
synonymous with (104b).
(107) Ina a-bala bab Nabun ka Ebu' ja' a-berri' konce juwa
Ina AV-say about Nabun to mother COMP AV-give key that
dha' Sa'diyah.
to Sa'diyah
‘Ina said about Nabun to Mother that she gave the key to Sa'diyah.’
In (107), bab Nabun ‘about Nabun’ is the subject matter argument of bala ‘say’.
Thus, the relationship of (107) and (104b) parallels that of (108a) and (108b)
(discussed in Chapter 10 section 2.2).
(108) a. Ita a-bala bab Lukman ka Soleha.
Ita AV-say about Lukman to Soleha
‘Ita talked about Lukman with Soleha.’
b. Ita a-bala'-agi Lukman ka Soleha.
Ita AV-say-AGI Lukman to Soleha
‘Ita talked about Lukman with Soleha.’
In (108b), the subject matter argument Lukman occurs as a core argument and
the verb takes the -agi suffix. The -agi suffix in (104b) indicates the same about
the subject matter argument Nabun.
The fact that the additional argument in these structures can occur as a
prepositional argument highlights the parallel with the English prolepsis struc-
ture. But even when the argument is a bare NP core argument, the suffixal mor-
phology indicates the same relationship. Although kera ‘think’ in (102b) has no
suffix, the matrix dependent Ina can occur as a prepositional object, as in (109).
(109) Siti ngera parkara Ina ja’ mangkat ka Jakarta are Kemmes.
Siti AV.think about Ina COMP leave to Jakarta day Thursday
‘Siti thinks about Ina that she left for Jakarta on Thursday.’