PRONOMINA PERSONA BAHASA MELAYU AMBON DI WILAYAH TUTUR KOTA AMBON

Abstract

The objective of this study is to describe the types of personal pronouns in the Ambonese Malay language. This research applies the qualitative descriptive method to analyze the language phenomenon objectively. The research data are oral data taken from communication between the people in Ambon City and its surroundings, which consists of all ages of the Ambonese Malay language speaker.  The data are collected using the observation method, recording, and writing technique. The analysis of selected data is using a descriptive qualitative method. The results show that there are several pronouns of the Ambonese Malay language. They are first-singular personal pronouns, and first-plural personal pronouns; second-singular personal pronouns, and second-plural personal pronouns; third-singular personal pronoun, and third-plural personal pronouns; kinship lexeme personal pronouns.