A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 545



  1. “Engko' se ng-rabad-i ba'eng molae gi' kene' sampe' la towa
    I REL AV-care-DUR you start still small until already old
    padha bi' reya.
    same with this
    “I am the one who took care of you since you were a small child until you
    are grown like this.

  2. “Seddhang senneng, ba'eng lo' enga' dha' engko'.”
    while happy you not remember to me
    “You are happy now, but you don’t remember me.”

  3. “Enja', engko' lo' andhi' ebu' katha ba'eng.
    no I not have mother like you
    “No, I don't have a mother like you.

  4. “Masa' engko' andhi' ebu' katha ba'eng.”
    impossible I have mother like you
    “How could I have the mother like you?”

  5. Nanges ebu'-eng.
    AV.cry mother-DEF
    Her mother was crying.

  6. Ebu'-eng paggun lo' endha' nyengga, gi' paggun.
    mother-DEF still not willling AV.go away yet still
    Her mother didn’t want to go away. She stayed there.

  7. Pas e-sampat bi' pacca'-eng, teppa' dha' soko-na.
    then OV-throw with wooden.sandal-DEF right to leg-DEF
    Then she threw her shoe at her mother and hit her right on the leg.

  8. Sake' sampe' bungo kabbi soko-na.
    hurt until blue all leg-DEF
    It hurt and her leg was blue all over.

  9. A-jalan nyengga dhari roma-na.
    AV-walk AV.go away from house-DEF
    The mother walked away from the house.

  10. Nokthok dha' roma settong-nga pole.
    AV.knock to house one-DEF again
    The mother knocked at the next house.

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