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mɑi dɑi loɡ bʌccɑ ke kʌtʰɑ sunɑwʌt
mɑi dɑi loɡ bʌccɑ ke kʌtʰɑ sun-ɑ-wʌt

mother grandmother PL child ACC story listen-CAUS-IMPF

rʌɦli
rʌɦ-ʌl-i
live-PP-3.PST.F.MH

'Mothers and grandmothers used tell the children such stories.' (03.254)
c. ... लइकZ के नोकर मुआ देलख, ... ।

lʌiki ke nokʌr muɑ delʌkʰ
lʌiki ke nokʌr muɑ de-ʌl-ʌkʰ

girl GEN servant kill give-PP-3SG.PST
'... the servant killed the girl, ' (08.045)

As exemplified in (37a-c), के /ke/ marks genitive/possessive in (38a), dative in

(37b) dative and anti-dative in (37c) of the nouns precede it.
(iii) Postposition से /se/

Some cases are marked with से /se/ in Bhojpuri, as shown in (38a-e).

(38) a. बाभन से लेके डोम तक
bɑb ̤ ʌn se leke ɖom tʌk

bɑb ̤ ʌn se le-ke ɖom tʌk
Brahmin source take-SEQ Hindu scavenger till

'From Brahmins till the Doms ones' (03.348)
b. भारत से नेपाल तक

b ̤ ɑrʌt se nepɑl tʌk
India ABL Nepal till

'From India to Nepal' (03.386)
c. नहर से दि^खन

nʌɦʌr se dʌkkʰin

canal source south
'In south of the canal' (02.083)

d. _`ा-_ितaान का ओर से
prʌɡyɑ-prʌtisʈʰɑn kɑ or se

academy GEN towards ABL

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