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u rɑju ke sʌmʌȷ ̈ -ɑ-weli
3SG Raju DAT understand-CAUS-3SG.PRES.F.MH

'She convinces Raju.' (12.126)
b. Unraised verbal subject

ओकरा खाितर राजु के समझावल कcठन बा ।
okʌrɑ kʰɑtir rɑju ke sʌmȷ ̈ ɑwʌl kʌʈʰin

u-ʌr-ɑ kʰɑtir rɑju ke sʌmʌȷ ̈ -ɑ-wʌl kʌʈʰin
3SG-GEN-SPEC for Raju DAT understand-CAUS-INF difficult

bɑ
bɑ

be.3SG.PRES
'To convince Raju is difficult (for her).' (12.127)

c. Post-posed verbal subject/complement
ई कcठन बा ओकरा खाितर &क राजु के समझाओ ।

i kʌʈʰin bɑ okʌrɑ kʰɑtir ki rɑju
i kʌʈʰin bɑ u-ʌr-ɑ kʰɑtir ki rɑju

PROX difficult be.3SG.PRES 3SG-GEN-SPEC for COMP Raju

ke sʌmȷ ̈ ɑo
ke sʌmʌȷ ̈ -ɑ-o
DAT understand-CAUS-3.OPT

'It is difficult (for her) to convince Raju.' (12.128)
d. Raised subject of complement

राजु ओकरा समझावे खाितर कcठन बा ।
rɑju okʌrɑ sʌmȷ ̈ ɑwe kʰɑtir kʌʈʰin bɑ

rɑju u-ʌr-ɑ sʌmʌȷ ̈ -ɑ-we kʰɑtir kʌʈʰin bɑ
Raju 3.SG.GEN understand-CAUS-PUR for difficult be.3SG.PRES

'Raju is difficult (for her) to please.' (12.129)
The evaluative adjectives सही /sʌɦi/ 'right' and गलत /ɡʌlʌt/ 'wrong' fall under the
second type of evaluative adjectives that semantically focuses on the subject of the

leitmotif proposition, and it is that subject that is topical and raised, as shown in (19a-d).
(19) a. Semantic leitmotif

मङ0 ढsढ़ाई के िपटलख ।

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