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There are some other verbs that perform no action, however, encode conscious
mental activity. Such verbs often denote the mental states of a human or animate

participant, but neither change nor volition nor action, as in (61a-b).
(61) a. जी, अपने के हम थोड़ा सा रोकेके चाहतानी ।

ji ʌpne ke ɦʌm tʰoɽɑ sɑ rokeke
ji ʌpne ke ɦʌm tʰoɽɑ sɑ rok-e-ke

yea 2SG.H GEN 1SG.NOM little as stop-PUR-PUR

cɑɦʌtɑni
cɑɦ-ʌt bɑni
want-IMPF be.PRES.H

'Yea, I want you to halt for a while.' (01.051)
b. बटोही समझ गइल, ‘ई हरवाहा बिहर बुझाता ।’

bʌʈoɦi sʌmʌȷ ̈ ɡʌil i ɦʌrwɑɦɑ bʌɦir
bʌʈoɦi sʌmʌȷ ̈ jɑ-il i ɦʌrwɑɦɑ bʌɦir

passenger understand go-3SG.PST this ploughman deaf
buȷ ̈ ɑtɑ
buȷ ̈ -ɑ-ʌt bɑ

understand-CAUS-IMPF be.3SG.PRES
'The passerby understood, 'The ploughman seems deaf.' (10.020)

In example (61a-b), चाह /cɑɦ/ 'want' in (61a) and समझ /sʌmʌȷ ̈ / 'understand' in
(61b) are verbs involving mental activity. Other verbs in this group are जान /jɑn/

'know', सोच /soc/ 'think', सपना /sʌpʌnɑ/ 'dream' and so on.

Finally, some verbs code event or state that involve neither action nor mental
activity, as in (62a-b).

(62) a. गाई के झर अभीन नइखे िगरल ।
ɡɑi ke ȷ ̈ ʌr ʌb ̤ in nʌikʰe ɡirʌl

ɡɑe ke ȷ ̈ ʌr ʌb ̤ in nʌikʰ-e ɡir-ʌl
cow GEN placenta now be.NEG.PRES-3SG fall-PP
'The placenta of the cow has not been dropped yet.' (09.082)

b. भूकंप के बाद इनार सब सुख रहल बा ।

b ̤ ukʌmp ke bɑd inɑr sʌb sukʰ rʌɦʌl bɑ
b ̤ ukʌmp ke bɑd inɑr sʌb sukʰ rʌɦ-ʌl bɑ
earthquake GEN later well PL dry up live-INF be.3SG.PRES

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