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ɦʌm mɑn-eni ki moɦʌn rɑd ̤ ɑ se prem kʌr-ʌs
1SG accept-PST.H comp Mohan Radha with love do-3.PST.H

'I believe that Mohan loved Radha.' (12.142)
b. Raised subject of active

हम मोहन के मननी राधा से :ेम कइल ।
ɦʌm moɦʌn ke mʌnni rɑd ̤ ɑ se prem kʌil

ɦʌm moɦʌn ke mɑn-ni rɑd ̤ ɑ se prem kʌr-il
1SG Mohan DAT believe-PST.H Radha with love do-INF

'I believed Mohan to have loved Radha.' (12.143)
c. *Raised object of active

*हम राधा के मननी मोहन के उनका से :ेम कइल ।

ɦʌm rɑd ̤ ɑ ke mʌnni moɦʌn ke unkɑ se
ɦʌm rɑd ̤ ɑ ke mɑn-ni moɦʌn ke unkɑ se

1SG.NOM Radha DAT believe-PST.H Mohan GEN 3SG.GEN with

prem kʌil
prem kʌr-il
love do-INF
'*I believed Radha to Mohan have loved (her).' (12.144)

d. Raised subject to passive
हम राधा के मननी मोहन yारा :ेम कइल गइल ।

ɦʌm rɑd ̤ ɑ ke mʌnni moɦʌn dwɑrɑ prem kʌil

ɦʌm rɑd ̤ ɑ ke mɑn-ni moɦʌn dwɑrɑ prem kʌr-il
1SG.NOM Radha DAT believe-PST.H Mohan by love do-PP

ɡʌil
jɑ-il

go-PP
'I believed Radha to have been loved (by Mohan).' (12.145)
Similarly, most verbs or adjectives that allow raising to subject require the raised

NP to be the subject of the leitmotif ('underlying') clause in Bhojpuri, as shown in (24-25).
(24) Raising to subject (verb)

a. Unraised
अइसन बुझाला &क आशा राजु से नफरत करेली ।

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