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Samawa

Morphology

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Marker/Description of Process:  peno' Meaning:  plural
Example:
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adi'         kaji     peno kakan  pelam
brother     my     PL     eats    mango
'my brother eats many mangos'
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Marker/Description of Process:  ka Meaning:  imperfect
Example:
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ina'         ka              lalo  ko   amat       seperap          rawi
mother   Imperfect    go    to   market     yesterday    afternoon
'Mother went to the market yesterday afternoon'
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Marker/Description of Process:  sia Meaning:  honorific
Example:
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Translation		 lamung  ta     lamung    sia
cloth     this    cloth      you (Possessive Honorific)
'this is your cloth'
Comments:  in my language, if we talk to older or respectable persons we don't mention their name because mentioning older person's name is considered as impolite. 
Marker/Description of Process:  ya Meaning:  future tense
Example:
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Translation		 eya'     ya     lalo   ko   Semawa'     nawar
uncle   will    go     to    Sumbawa   tomorrow
'uncle will go to Sumbawa tomorrow'
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Marker/Description of Process:  kamo Meaning:  past
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Translation		 kamo        sia                  mangan?
past    you (Honorific)       eat
'had you eaten?'
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Marker/Description of Process:  ntu Meaning:  present
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Translation		 Maming'     ntu       laong    ke     dengan
Father     present    speak  with    friend
'Father speaks with his friend'
Comments:   we don't use any possessive pronoun in this sentences, but the intonation of the word "dengan" tells the possessive pronoun.