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feminine but their grammatical expressions in finite verbs fade eastwards. Bhojpuri has
two types of adjectives: basic and derived. The derived adjectives are formed from

nouns and verbs. The perfective forms of all verbs are eligible to be used as adjectives.
Bhojpuri adjectives may be classified in terms of size, colour, age, value, physical
property and human propensity. Syntactically, they may function like verbs as the head

of an intransitive predicate or they may modify a noun which is the head of an NP. The
verb normally occurs clause-finally and functions as the main predicate of the clause.

The verb registers three person and two numbers (in first, second and third personal
pronouns) combined with a complex system of tense, aspect and modality. The verbal

nouns in Bhojpuri are obtained by the roots as well as by different types of suffixations.
Adverbs in Bhojpuri are broadly categorized, in terms of manner, instrumental, time,

place and modifying adjectives. Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in Bhojpuri are
highly derivational among each other. Minor word classes include postpositions,
determiners, pronouns (independent and possessive), inter-clausal connectives

(participial suffixes, conjunctions and subordinators), quantifiers, numerals and
ordinals, auxiliary verbs and interjections, clitics and particles.

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