A Grammar of Madurese

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  1. “Se Lajjing mennang! Se Lajjing mennang! Hore! Se Lajjing mennang!”
    Si Lajjing win Si Lajjing win hooray Si Lajjing win
    “Se Lajjing won! Se Lajjing won! Se Lajjing won! Hooray! Se Lajjing
    won!”

  2. Sorag-ga oreng sasat sa-lon-alon.
    cheer-DEF person like one-alun-alun
    The people cheer like that all around the alun-alun.

  3. Dhari panggung-nga juri kalowar bandir-ra koneng.
    from grandstand-DEF jury outside banner-DEF yellow
    From the grandstand, the judges pull out the yellow flag.

  4. Nandhe-yagi ja' tongko' se a-salempang koneng mennang.
    AV.sign-AGI COMP jockey REL AV-sash yellow win
    This signals that the jockey wearing the yellow sash is the winner.

  5. Nandhe-yagi keya ja' se nompa' sape Se Lajjing jiya salempang-nga
    AV.sign-agi also COMP REL AV.ride bull Si Lajjing this sash-DEF
    koneng, padha bi' sape-na.
    yellow same with bull-DEF
    It signals that the one who rode Se Lajjing, has the yellow sash, same as the
    bull.

  6. Daddi e-julug-gi se koneng mennang.
    become OV-title-LOC REL yellow win
    Then the one in yellow is declared the winner.

  7. Dha' iya saterros-sa sampe' sape se dhi-budhi.
    like.this one.continue-DEF until bull REL RED-behind
    It continues like this until the last bull finishes.

  8. Sa'lana jareya se mennang e-addu padha mennang-nga.
    after this REL win OV-compete same win-DEF
    After this, the winners compete against the other winners.

  9. Se kala e-addu padha kala-na.
    REL defeated OV-compete same defeated-DEF
    The losers compete with the other losers.

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