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i ʌwʌstʰɑ rʌɦe ʌpnɑ des mẽ mʌd ̤ es mẽ
i ʌwʌstʰɑ rʌɦ-e ʌpnɑ des mẽ mʌd ̤ es mẽ

this situation live-3.PST GEN country LOC Madhesh LOC
' such was the situation of land management in our country, as well as in
Madhesh.' (02.034)

In (60), म; /mẽ/ stands for locative 'in' as in English.

(vi) Postposition पर pʌr

(42) ... समp मधेश ओकर कृिष अथVतंr पर आधाsरत बा ।

sʌmʌɡrʌ mʌd ̤ es okʌr krisi ʌrtʰʌtʌntrʌ pʌr
sʌmʌɡrʌ mʌd ̤ es okʌr krisi ʌrtʰʌtʌntrʌ pʌr
whole Madhesh 3SG.GEN agriculture economy LOC

ɑd ̤ ɑrit bɑ

ɑd ̤ ɑr-it bɑ
base-ADJ be.3SG.PRES
' whole Madhesh is based on its agricultural economy.' (02.002)

In (42), Bhojpuri postposition पर /pʌr/ stands for 'on' as in English marking

locative case.
c. Case-markers with pronominals
As it is already described a nominative-accusative language has the

pronominals marked with case-marker suffixes. Bhojpuri pronouns are not marked for
cases in nominative. The well-known case-marking suffixes are known to be for

genitive as well as dative and anti-dative. Such suffixes are as follows:
(i) Suffix -अर /-ʌr/ or -आर /- ɑr/

(43) a. िनिtत Dप से भोजपुरी हमर माई के भाषा ह ।

niscit rup se b ̤ ojpuri ɦʌmʌr mɑi ke b ̤ ɑsɑ
niscit rup se b ̤ ojpuri ɦʌm-ʌr mɑi ke b ̤ ɑsɑ

certain form with Bhojpuri 1SG-GEN mother GEN language

ɦʌ
ɦʌ
be.3SG.PRES

'Certainly, Bhojpuri is my mother tongue.' (03.035)
b. ... हमार बैल ना िबकाई ।

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