A Grammar of Madurese

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Siti Lalumba 555



  1. Kembang sajan tenggi, sajan tenggi lo' bisa, sajan tenggi lo' bisa.
    flower more high more high not can more high not can
    They could get the flowers because the bush kept getting higher and
    higher.

  2. Ng-olok ale'-eng pole se settong-nga, Balasariatinya.
    AV-call yngr.sister-DEF again REL one-DEF Balasariatinya
    Then they called their other little sister, Balasariatinya.

  3. Balasariatinya entar dha' sadhiya.
    Balasariatinya go to there
    Balasariatinya went over there.

  4. Lo' bisa keya. Keng bisa manggu' tape lo' bisa amolong, lo' bisa
    not can too only can AV.pull on but not can AV.gather not can
    metek.
    AV.collect
    She couldn't do it either. She could pull the branch down, but she wasn’t
    able to get the flowers.

  5. Seddhang mare dha' iya, se taretan ka-tello jiya a-rembuk.
    while finish like.this REL sibling KA-three this AV-discuss
    After doing this, the three sisters talked it over.

  6. “Ayu' ano padha manjang lor-solor, lor-solor.
    HORT say same AV.stand RED-relay RED-relay
    “Let’s all three of us stand on each other.

  7. “Ba'eng nongko' neng tang bau.
    you AV.roost at my shoulder
    “You get on my shoulders.

  8. “Terros Balasariatinya nongko' neng bahu-na ba'eng.
    continue Balasariatinya AV.roost at shoulder-DEF you
    Gul-tonggul-an.
    RED-sit on shoulders-AN
    “Then Balasariatinya gets on your shoulders. One on top of the other.

  9. “Iya, ayu'!”
    yes HORT
    “Come on! Let’s go!”

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