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u ɡɑcʰ
3SG.DEM.DIST tree

'that tree (vis.)' (06.030)
h. हऊ गाछ

ɦʌu ɡɑcʰ
ɦʌu ɡɑcʰ

3SG.DEM.DIST tree
'that tree (invis.)' (06.031)

i. लमढेङ आदमी चल देलख ।
̈
lʌmɖeŋ ɑdmi cʌl delʌkʰ
̈
lʌmɖeŋ ɑdmi cʌl de -ʌl -ʌkʰ
tall man walk give -PP -3.PST.NH

'The tall man left.' (06.028)

In example (32a-i), लाल /lɑl/ 'red', गोल /ɡol/ 'brown', बड़ /bʌɽ/ 'elder' ई /i/ 'this',
̈
ऊ /u/ 'that', हऊ /ɦʌu/ 'that (invis.) and लमढेङ /lʌmɖeŋ/ 'tall' are modifying adjectives
among which pronominals ई /i/ 'this', ऊ /u/ 'that' and हऊ /ɦʌu/ 'that (invis.) are placed

as modifiers. Besides, गोल /ɡol/ 'brown' in (32b-c) with suffixes -आ /-ɑ/ and -ई /-i/

shows gender agreement with बैल /bɛl/ 'ox' and गाय /ɡɑe/ 'cow' respectively. Likewise,

बड़ /bʌɽ/ 'elder' in (32d-e) with suffixes -का /-kɑ/ and -कb /-ki/ shows the same with
बेटा /beʈɑ/ 'son' and बेटी /beʈi/ 'daughter' respectively. But such type of gender

agreement in Bhojpuri is not a prominent feature.

(iii) Adjective of verbal complement
As in English (Givón 2001:85), some adjectives in Bhojpuri may take verbal
compliments as shown in (33a-c).

(33) a. लोग क"ठन बा खुश कइल ।

loɡ kʌʈʰin bɑ kʰus kʌil
loɡ kʌʈʰin bɑ kʰus kʌr-il

people difficult be.3SG.PRES happy do-INF
'People are hard to please.' (13.139)

b. राजु ओकरा समझावे खाितर क"ठन बा ।
rɑju okʌrɑ sʌmȷ ̈ ɑwe kʰɑtir kʌʈʰin bɑ

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