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rʌɦ-e-ʌl-u
live-PRES-INF-2.F

'Why do you always remember your brother?' (10.074)
In example (70a-b) कबोकाल /kʌbokɑl/ 'seldom' and हरदम /ɦʌrdʌm/ 'always' are

the time adverbs respectively. Likewise, आजु /ɑju/ 'today', काt /kɑl ̥ / 'yesterday', िबहान

/biɦɑn/ 'tomorrow', अब /ʌb/ 'now', तब /tʌb/ 'then', कब /kʌb/ 'when' and so on are the

time adverbs in Bhojpuri.
d) Adverbs modifying adjectives

"A distinct class of adverbs are used to quantify the extent of adjectives"
(Givón 2001a:94). Some adverbs that function as modifying adjectives in Bhojpuri
are listed in (71a-b).

(71) a. अभीन त अपने XवाX{य से बzत लाचार बानी ।

ʌb ̤ in tʌ ʌpne swɑstʰyʌ se bʌɦut lɑcɑr bɑni
ʌb ̤ in tʌ ʌpne swɑstʰyʌ se bʌɦut lɑcɑr bɑni
now COND self health means very weak be.PRES.H

'Now you are very weak with your health.' (06.009)

b. भोजपुरी अपने-आप म) बzत धिनक भाषा बा ।
b ̤ ojpuri ʌpne ɑp mẽ bʌɦut d ̤ ʌnik b ̤ ɑsɑ bɑ

b ̤ ojpuri ʌpne ɑp mẽ bʌɦut d ̤ ʌn -ik b ̤ ɑsɑ bɑ
Bhojpuri self self LOC very wealth -ADJ language be.3SG.PRES

'Bhojpuri is a very prosperous language in itself.' (03.056)
In example (71a-b), बzत /bʌɦut/ 'very' has been placed as modifying predicate

adjective लाचार /lɑcɑr/ 'weak' in (71a) and the noun-modifying adjective धिनक

/d ̤ ʌnik/ 'wealthy' in (71b).
e) Place adverbs
Place adverbs refer to the location of the event/state encoded in the verb as

illustrated in (72a-d):

(72) a. एतहाँ त कमल फु लाइल बा ।
etʌɦɑ ̃ tʌ kʌmʌl pʰulɑil bɑ

etʌɦɑ ̃ tʌ kʌmʌl pʰul-ɑ-il bɑ
here COND lotus flower-CAUS-PP be.3SG.PRES

'The lotus has been bloomed here.' (09.307)

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