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(118) a. कायOकारी पद म) आ जाई 6क ?

kɑryʌkɑri pʌd mẽ ɑ jɑi ki
kɑryʌkɑri pʌd mẽ ɑ jɑ-i ki
executive post LOC come go-3SG.FUT DUB

'Will they grab any executional post?' (01.079)

b. मेघवा बरसी कानू ?
meɡ ̈ wɑ bʌrsi kɑnu

meɡ ̈ -wɑ bʌrʌs-i kɑnu
cloud-DEF fall-3.FUT DUB

'Perhaps it rains.'
c. मङ> खेते जाई, हँनू ?

mʌŋʌru kʰete jɑi ɦʌ ̃ nu
mʌŋʌru kʰet-e jɑ-i ɦʌ ̃ nu

Mangaru farm-LOC go-3.FUT DUB
'Mangaru will go to farm, won't he?'

d. बसवा छूट गइल कादो !
bʌswɑ cʰuʈ ɡʌil kɑdo

bʌs-wɑ cʰuʈ jɑ-il kɑdo
bus-DEF miss go-3.PST DUB

'Perhaps the bus was missed.'
6.3 Summary

We discussed the properties of the word classes (lexicons) in Bhojpuri in this
chapter. Syntactically, Bhojpuri nouns function as the subject, direct object, indirect
object, nominal predicate, possessive noun modifier, complement and locative noun

phrase position.
Bhojpuri nouns are generally inflected in terms of number, gender, classifiers

and the case role of the referent. Bhojpuri employs only two classifiers: जने /jʌne/ or

जना /jʌnɑ/ as a separate word for human noun and -गो /-ɡo/ for non-human countable
nouns. There is three-way distinction in pronominal agreement in Bhojpuri: first,

second and third persons. Plurality in Bhojpuri nominals is indicated by the suffix -अन

/-ʌn/ or -वन /-wʌn/ as a suffix and सब /sʌb/ and लोग /loɡ/ and as a separate word. Like

its number system, Bhojpuri nouns are expressed in two genders: masculine and

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