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Morphology
Home Orthography Story/Song Word List Language Use Dictionary
| Marker/Description of Process: dah | Meaning: Past | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
buda' tuh dah makan child that PST eat 'That child ate.' |
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Marker/Description
of Process: na'
Meaning:
Future
Example:
Original
Gloss
Translation
kame'
na' bale' ke
rumah
1.S/PL will
return PREP house
'I/We will return to the house.'
| Marker/Description of Process: lagi | Meaning: Continuous | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
kame' lagi belajar 1.S/PL still study 'I/We am/are still studying.' |
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| Marker/Description of Process: reduplication1 | Meaning: Plural marker | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
buda'-buda' tuh maen terus child -PL that play always 'Those children always play.' |
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| Comments: Only for pronouns | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: reduplication2 | Meaning: Less serious | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
budak-budak maen masak-masakan child -PL play cook -less.serious 'those children play cooking' |
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| Comments: | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: kame' | Meaning: First Person | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
kame' kena' marah oleh-nye 1.S/PL PASS angry by -3.S I/we am/are angered by him/her |
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| Comments: | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: pe- | Meaning: Actor | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
bapa'-nye pe- laut father.POSS actor-sea his/her father is a sailor |
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| Comments: | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: -an | Meaning: Nominalization | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
ema'- nye lagi nyiapkan makan-an mother-POSS still prepare eat- NOUN his/her mother is still preparing the food |
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| Comments: | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: ter- | Meaning: superlative | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
die pilot ter-baik 3.S pilot SUPER-good he is the best pilot |
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| Comments: | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: buda'-buda' | Meaning: Third person plural | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
maen ke- mane buda'-buda' tuh play PREP-where 3.PL that where do they play |
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| Comments: we use the term "buda'" for people younger than us | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: buda' | Meaning: third person singular | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
buda' tuh dah pegi ke kelas 3.S that PST go PREP class she/he went to the class |
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| Comments: we use the term "buda'" for people younger than us | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: die | Meaning: third person singular | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
die lagi di pasar 3.S still in market she/he is still in the market |
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| Comments: we use the term "die'" for people who are the same age as us | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: mereke | Meaning: third person plural | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
mereke belum makan 3.PL not yet eat they have not eaten yet |
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| Comments: we use the term "die'" for people at the same age with us | ||