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(37) Object-subject-verb (OSV)
दोहा, अपने सुनतानी ।

[doɦɑ] DO [ʌpne] SBJ [sunʌtɑni] VRB
doɦɑ ʌpne sun-ʌt bɑni

couplet 2 SG.H listen-IMPF be.PRES.H
'Couplets(,) you listen to (them).' (03.222)

In (37), the object is promoted and subject is highlighted and the structure has
become OSV.

(iii) Wh-question
In common with other IA (SOV) languages, the position of wh-question in

Bhojpuri is the place of the questioned constituent, however, it can be fronted in
pragmatically marked clauses, as in (38).
(38) DAT/O-S-ACC/IO-V

के के रउआ Pकताब देनी ?

[ke ke] IO [rʌuɑ] SBJ [kitɑb] DO [deni] VRB
ke ke rʌuɑ kitɑb de-ni

who DAT 2SG.H book give-PST.H
'Who did you give the book to?' (06.005)

Simply dative is IO and accusative is DO, but they are also interchanged as
dative DO and accusative IO, specially if the question is raised for identification of
dative, and if so, it comes before S as shown in (39).

d) Inverse/passive (DAT/O-ACC/IO-AGT-V)
(39) Inverse passive

इंt के रgाबंधन गुc uारा बाRहल गइल ।
[indrʌ ke] IO [rʌkcʰɑbʌnd ̤ ʌn] DO [ɡuru dwɑrɑ] SBJ [bɑn ̥ ʌl

indrʌ ke rʌkcʰɑ-bʌnd ̤ ʌn ɡuru dwɑrɑ bɑn ̥ -ʌl
king DAT protection-bond teacher by bind-INF

ɡʌil] VRB
jɑ-il

go-3SG.PST
'Indra was bonded with Raxabandhan by his teacher.' (09.026)

In the case of stress on S with presence of dative DO and accusative IO in
passive constructions, both the objects stand before S as shown in (39).

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