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'He and I do agree with your logic.'

d. 1SG/PL+2SG/PL=1PL

i. हम आएम, आ तू अइह ।
ɦʌm ɑem ɑ tu ʌiɦʌ

ɦʌm ɑ-em ɑ tu ɑ-iɦʌ
1SG.NOM come-FUT.H and 2SG.NOM come-2.FUT.MH

'I will come, and you will come.' (01.081)
ii. तू आ हम आएम ।

tu ɑ ɦʌm ɑem

tu ɑ ɦʌm ɑ-em
2SG.NOM and 1SG.NOM come-FUT.H
'You and I will come.'

e. 1SG/PL+2SG/PL+3SG/PL=1PL

i. हम ब`त खुशी बानी, तू ब`त खुशी बाड़ऽ, आ ऊ ब`त खुशी बा ।
ɦʌm bʌɦut kʰusi bɑni tu bʌɦut kʰusi
1SG.NOM very happy be.PRES.H 2SG.NOM very happy

bɑɽʌ ɑ u bʌɦut kʰusi bɑ
be.2.PRES.MH and 3SG.NOM very happy be.3SG.PRES
'I'm very happy, you are very happy, and he is very happy.' (04.275)

ii. ऊ, तू आ हम ब`त खुशी बानी ।
u tu ɑ ɦʌm bʌɦut kʰusi bɑni

3SG.NOM 2SG.NOM and 1SG.NOM very happy be.PRES.H
'He, you and I are very happy.'

c) Relative order of conjoined NPs
Cooper and Ross (1975) and Givόn (2001b:17) mention the hierachy of the

relative order of conjoined NPs be maintained in certain order. In some languages
such order is found rigid and in other languages flexible. Bhojpuri has also such usage
in practice. Besides, Bhojpuri has juxtaposition of the NPs more natural than the use

of conjunction. The natural order found in Bhojpuri is prsented as follows:
(i) Near >far

The spatial deictic words generally follow near>far order. But Bhojpuri has its
reverse usage too, as in (10a-b):

(10) a. एने तराई से लेके ओने चीन के बोड)र तक ई तीन सय Pकलोमीटर जोड़ाए ना सकF ?

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