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(ii) Transitive clause
The order of the constituents in a transitive clause is subject-object-verb (SOV)

as in (28).
(28) Subject-object-verb (SOV)

गणेश चौधरीजी एगो Pकताब िलखले बानी ।
[ɡʌnes cʌud ̤ ʌriji] SBJ [eɡo kitɑb] DO [likʰle bɑni] VRB

ɡʌnes cʌud ̤ ʌri-ji ek-ɡo kitɑb likʰ-ʌl-e bɑni
Ganesh Chaudhary-H one-CLF book write-PP-SEQ be.PRES.H

'Ganesh Chaudharyji has written a book.' (04.104)
c) Intransitive clause with an indirect object

In an intransitive clause with an indirect object, the order of the clausal
constituents is: subject-indirect object-verb, as in (29).
(29) Subject-indirect object-verb (S-IO-V)

हड़ताली लोग नाका पर बैठल बाटे ।

[ɦʌɽtɑli loɡ] SBJ [nɑkɑ pʌr] IO [bʌiʈʰʌl bɑʈe] VRB
ɦʌɽtɑl-i loɡ nɑkɑ pʌr bʌiʈʰ-ʌl bɑ

strike-NOML PL entry point LOC sit-INF be.3SG.PRES
'The protesters are sitting at the entry point.' (09.028)

(iv) Transitive clause with direct and indirect objects
In a ditransitive clause with direct and indirect objects, the normal order of the
constituents is: subject-indirect object-direct object-verb, as in (30).

(30) Subject- indirect object-direct object-verb (S-IO-DO-V)
हम ओके Pकताब देनी ।

[ɦʌm] SBJ [oke] IO [kitɑb] DO [deni] VRB
ɦʌm u-e kitɑb de-ni

1SG.NOM 3SG-DAT book give-PST.H
'I gave him/her a book.' (06.008)

e) Adjectival predicate clause
In a clause with an adjectival predicate, the order of the constituent will be

subject-predicate-copula, as in (31).
(31) Subject-predicate-copula (S-PRED-COP)

मधेशी लोग कमजोर बा ।
[mʌd ̤ esi loɡ] SBJ [kʌmjor] PRD [bɑ] COP

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