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kʌɦ dʌ ɦʌmrɑ se mileke ɦʌm
kʌɦ dʌ ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ se mil-e-ke ɦʌm

say give.IMP.MH 1SG-POSS-DEF DAT meet-PUR-SEQ 1SG.NOM

oke mʌdʌt kʌrem
oke mʌdʌt kʌr-em
3SG.DAT help do-FUT.H

'Tell (him/her) to meet with me, I'll help him/her.' (13.029)
b. हनुमान राम के खुबे मदत कइलB ।

ɦʌnumɑn rɑm ke kʰube mʌdʌt kʌilẽ
ɦʌnumɑn rɑm ke kʰub-e mʌdʌt kʌr-il-ẽ

Hanuman Ram DAT highly-EMPH help do-3.PST-H
'Hanuman helped Ram a lot.' (13.030)

Besides, according to Verma (1993:204-12) and Mohanan (1993:164-70),
there is a puzzling situation of the host being part of the argument structure to analyze

the noun in the complex as itself assuming the role of predicate. Such predicate
chooses a suitable verbaliser to be incorporated with and contributes itself to the total
number of arguments of the clause but it assigns roles and case marking to its "own"

arguments at the same time. However, Liljegren (2008:291) suggests it is sufficient
and easier to see the valence displayed (e.g. the host coded as a direct object and the

occurrence of indirect objects, i.e., certain postpositional phrases) as a property (or
lexical specification) of each individual construction in its entirety. In my observation,
Bhojpuri does have the situation, as shown in (32a-b).

(32) a. ऊ मवेशी के खुबे oयाल करे ।

u mʌwesi ke kʰube kʰyɑl kʌre
u mʌwesi ke kʰub-e kʰyɑl kʌr-e

3SG.NOM cattle ACC highly-EMPH attention do-3.PST
'He used to care the cattle a lot.' (13.031)

b. ऊ दुpमन पर हमला करे जाता ।
u dusmʌn pʌr ɦʌmlɑ kʌre jɑtɑ

u dusmʌn pʌr ɦʌmlɑ kʌr-e jɑ-ʌt bɑ
3SG.NOM enemy LOC invasion do-PUR go-IMPF be.3SG.PRES

'He is going to attack his enemies.' (13.032)
As Bhojpuri is a nominative-accusative language, ergative marker is absent

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