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[ɑwɑd jʌɡʌɦ] SBJ [jʌŋʌl] PRD ɦo jɑ-lɑ
fruitful place jungle be go-3SG.PRES

' A piece of cultivated land turns into jungle.' (04.082)
7.1.2 Copular clauses with adjectival predicates
The clauses with a predicate adjective phrase occur with a copula almost

identical with that of a predicate noun phrase in Bhojpuri, as shown in (9a-c).

(9) a. ... ... ऊ सराहनीय बा ।
[u] SBJ [sʌrɑɦnie] PRD bɑ

3SG.DEM.DIST praiseworthy be.3SG.PRES
' that is praiseworthy.' (03.324)

b. अनेक तरह के लोक कथा सब भोजपुरी मB Rचिलत बा ।
ʌnek tʌrʌɦ ke lok kʌtʰɑ sʌb b ̤ ojpuri mẽ

[ʌnek tʌrʌɦ ke lok kʌtʰɑ sʌb] SBJ [b̤ ojpuri mẽ
many kind GEN folk story PL Bhojpuri LOC

prʌcʌlit bɑ
prʌcʌlʌn-it] PRD bɑ

use-ADJ be.3SG.PRES
'Many kinds of folk-tales are popular in Bhojpuri.' (03.252)

c. खएर से ओठ लाल हो जाला ।
kʰʌer se oʈʰ lɑl ɦo jɑlɑ

[kʰʌer se] PRD [oʈʰ] SBJ [lɑl] PRD ɦo jɑ-lɑ
catechu with lip red be go-3SG.PRES

'The lips turn red chewing catechu.' (09.504)
' within twenty or forty miles, the form turns into a different one.' (04.187)

As shown in (9a-c), the adjectival predicates somehow modify the subject
noun phrase in the clause.

7.1.3 Copular clauses with locative expressions
There is overt copula in clauses with a predicate locative phrase, as shown in (10a-c).

(10) a. ... ... तोरा खेतवा मB आधा हमार बा ... ...।
torɑ kʰetwɑ mẽ ɑd ̤ ɑ ɦʌmɑr bɑ

[torɑ kʰet-wɑ mẽ ɑd ̤ ɑ ɦʌmɑr] PRD bɑ
2SG.GEN farm-DEF LOC half 1SG.GEN be.3SG.PRES

' half of your farm is mine ' (02.038)

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