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nepɑl rɑjkie prʌɡyɑ-prʌtisʈʰɑn rʌɦe oɦ berɑ
nepɑl rɑjkie prʌɡyɑ-prʌtisʈʰɑn] PRD rʌɦ-e oɦ berɑ

Nepal royal academy live-.PST.NH 3SG.DIST time
'There was Royal Nepal Academy at that time.' (03.074)
There are also some existential expressions where there is no overt location at

all, as shown in (12a-b).

(12) a. केZ बा ? सामने होखऽ ।
keɦu bɑ sɑmne ɦokʰʌ

keɦu bɑ sɑmne ɦokʰ-ʌ
anyone be.3SG.PRES front be.PRES-IMP.MH

'Is there anyone? Please be in front.' (12:001-002)
b. ओकरा बाद नेपाल राजकWय RXा-RितYान रहे ओह बेरा ।

okʌrɑ bɑd nepɑl rɑjkie prʌɡyɑ-prʌtisʈʰɑn rʌɦe
okʌrɑ bɑd nepɑl rɑjkie prʌɡyɑ-prʌtisʈʰɑn rʌɦ-e

3.SG.GEN later Nepal royal academy live-3.PST

oɦ berɑ
oɦ berɑ
3SG.DIST time

'There was Royal Nepal Academy at that time.' (03.074)
The intransitive verb पड़ /pʌɽ/ 'lie' is also analysed as having a function similar

to रह /rʌɦ/ 'live' for existential, such as in (13).

(13) एक साल आकाल पड़ल ।

ek sɑl ɑkɑl pʌɽʌl
ek sɑl ɑkɑl pʌɽ-ʌl
one year famine fall-3SG.PST

'There happened famines in a year.' (13.026)
b) Possessives

Though almost similar to the existential ones in structure, the possessive
constructions are identified with either as a genitive NP with -अर /-ʌr/ or -आर /-ɑr/

inflectional morphemes with personal pronouns or as a postpositional phrase with के

/ke/ 'of' or apostrophe s ('s) but राउर /rɑur/ 'your' is a typical Bhojpuri entity in second

person singular genitive with honorificity, as shown in (14a-c).

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