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̈
ji ji bʌɦut d ̤ ʌnyʌbɑd ɖunrɑj-ji
yea yea more thank Dhunraj-H

'Yea, thank you a lot, Dhunrajji.' (03.014)
b. हँ हँ, एकदम ।

ɦʌ ̃ ɦʌ ̃ ekdʌm
ɦʌ ̃ ɦʌ ̃ ekdʌm

yea yea excessively
'Yea, of course.' (03.326)

c. होई, िबहने घरे आएम ।

ɦoi biɦʌne ɡ ̈ ʌre ɑem
ɦoi biɦɑn-e ɡ ̈ ʌr-e ɑ-em
yea tomorrow-EMPH home-LOC come-FUT.H

'Yea, I'll come home tomorrow.'

ii. The particles मत /mʌt/, जन /jʌn/, ना /nɑ/
Bhojpuri has negative discourse particles मत /mʌt/, जन /jʌn/ and ना /nɑ/.

Initially मत /mʌt/ 'opinion' and जन /jʌn/ 'people' have been grammaticalized from

noun, their Sanskrit origin in a group of the NIA languages Bhojpuri belongs to.
Hence, मत /mʌt/ is used in imperative, जन /jʌn/ in optative and ना /nʌ/ is used in

almost all environments, as shown in (112a-c).

(112) a. अब केकरो के गारी मत दे ।
ʌb kekro ke ɡɑri mʌt de

ʌb kekʌr-o ke ɡɑri mʌt de
now whose-EMPH ACC abuse NEG give

'Don't abuse anyone now onwards.' (09.142)
b. अब हमरा के जन केf मारो ।

ʌb ɦʌmrɑ ke jʌn keɦu mɑro
ʌb ɦʌm-rɑ ke jʌn keɦu mɑr-o

now 1.SG-POSS ACC NEG anybody kill/beat-OPT
'Let nobody kill/beat me now.'

c. ना, ई काम हम ना करेम ।

nɑ i kɑm ɦʌm nɑ kʌrem

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