Grammatical Aspect
Ada ('to be') can be used in Manadonese Malay to indicate the perfective aspect e.g. :
- Dorang ada turun pigi Wenang = "They already went down to Wenang"
- Torang so makan = "We ate already", or "We have eaten already".
- kita- me, myself, i or we, us
- torang- we, us
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