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(ii) Clitic -ए /-e/

(44) a. राजु हमे िपटलख ।
rɑju ɦʌme piʈlʌkʰ

rɑju ɦʌm-e piʈ-ʌl-ʌkʰ
Raju 1SG-CLT beat-PP-3SG.PST

'Raju beat me.' (Lohar, 2013: 79)
b. जा घरे, चाची तोहे एगो िमठाई दी ।

jɑ ɡ ̈ ʌre cɑci toɦe eɡo miʈʰɑi di

jɑ ɡ ̈ ʌr-e cɑci tu-e ek-ɡo miʈʰɑi de-i
go house-LOC aunty 2SG-DAT one-CLF sweet give-3SG.FUT
'Go home; aunty will give you a sweet.' (09.459)

c. गोपाल अvकजी ओके तैयार कइनी ।

ɡopɑl ʌskji oke tʌiɑr kʌini
ɡopɑl ʌsk-ji u-e tʌiɑr kʌr-ini
Gopal Ashk-H 3SG-ACC prepare do-PST.H

'Gopal Ashkji prepared it.' (03.066)

As presented in (44a-c), clitic -ए /-e/ has marked singular pronouns in all three
persons for dative and anti-dative cases in Bhojpuri.

d. Case-marker suffixes further followed by postpositions
There is mixed property of using suffix and postposition together to mark

cases in Bhojpuri, presented as follows:
(i) -रा के /-rɑ ke/

(45) तोहरा के खाहीभर के .दआई ।

toɦrɑ ke kʰɑɦib̤ ʌr ke diɑi
tu-ʌr-ɑ ke kʰɑ-ɦi-b ̤ ʌr ke de-ɑ-i
2SG-GEN-DEF GEN eat-EMPH-fill GEN give-PASS-3SG.FUT

'You will be given only to eat.'

(ii) -रा से /-rɑ se/
(46) ई सब ओकरा से संबंिधत चीज बा ।

i sʌb okrɑ se sʌmbʌnd ̤ it cij bɑ

i sʌb u-ʌr-ɑ se sʌmbʌnd ̤ -it cij bɑ
this PL 3SG-GEN-DEF with relation-ADJ factor be.3SG.PRES

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