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b ̤ ojpuri sʌmɑj ke jɔn pʌrikʌlpʌnɑ rʌɦ-e u
Bhojpuri society GEN SUB hypothesis live-3.PST DIST
̈
prʌtinid ̤ imulʌk ɖʌŋ se byʌkt kʌre
̈
prʌtinid ̤ i-mulʌk ɖʌŋ se byʌkt kʌr-e
representation-ADJ way means expressed do-3.PST
'It used to express representatively what hypothesis of the Bhojpuri society
was, too.' (03.301)
b. जौन अवरोधक बा ओकरा के छोड़ेके पड़ी, ई हमर कहनाम बा ।
jɔn ʌbrod ̤ ʌk bɑ okʌrɑ ke cʰoɽeke
jɔn ʌbrod ̤ -ʌk bɑ u-ʌr-ɑ ke cʰoɽ-e-ke
SUB obstruction-ADJ be.3SG.PRES 3SG-GEN-DEF ACC leave-PUR-SEQ
pʌɽi
pʌɽ-i
fall-3.FUT
'Whoever is obstacle has to be abandoned.' (03.356)
9.2 Word order in simple clauses
As already noted, Bhojpuri is syntactically nominative-accusative. The
constituent order in Bhojpuri may be discussed as follows:
9.2.1 Order of constituents in simple clauses
The basic and variant word order of the core constituents in the simple clauses
are dealt with, as follows:
a) Unmarked order
Bhojpuri, a nominative-accusative Indo-Aryan language, holds the usual word
order of SOV. However, flexibility in the basic order is found in pragmatically marked
constructions. The basic/unmarked word order in Bhojpuri is discussed as follows:
(i) Intransitive clause
In an intransitive clause, the subject precedes the finite verb, as in (27).
(27) Subject-verb (SV)
राम आइल ।
[rɑm] SBJ [ɑil] VRB
rɑm ɑ-il
rɑm come-3SG.PST
'Ram came.' (Boodhoo, 2010:28)
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