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rɑju ɡɑe duɦi
rɑju ɡɑe duɦ-i

Raju cow milk-3SG.FUT
'Raju will milk the COW.' (06.013)

c. राजु गाय दुही ।
rɑju ɡɑe duɦi

rɑju ɡɑe duɦ-i
Raju cow milk-3SG.FUT

'Raju WILL MILK the cow.' (06.013)
In (37a-c) the subject राजु /rɑju/ 'Raju' in (37a), the object गाय /ɡɑe/ 'cow' in

(37b) and the verb दुही /duɦi/ 'will milk' are stressed respectively to remove neutrality

expressed in (36).
(ii) Cleft

As Nepali (Adhikari 2013:393) exhibits, the same expression in (36) can be
clearer in cleft construction as follows:

(38) a. राजुए बा जे गाय दुही ।
rɑjue bɑ je ɡɑe duɦi

rɑju-e bɑ je ɡɑe duɦ-i
Raju-EMPH be.3SG.PRES COND cow milk-3SG.FUT

'It's Raju who will milk the cow.' (06.014)
b. इहे गाय ह जे राजु दुही ।

iɦe ɡɑe ɦʌ je rɑju duɦi
i -e ɡɑe ɦʌ je rɑju duɦ-i

PROX -EMPH cow be.3SG.PRES COND Raju milk-3SG.FUT
'It's the cow that Raju will milk.' (06.015)

In (38a-b) the subject राजु /rɑju/ 'Raju' in (38a) and the object गाय /ɡɑe/ 'cow'
in (38b) have been brought to cleft structure to express contrastive focus.

(iii) Pseudo-cleft
The neutral expression in (36) can also be presented in pseudo-cleft structure

for more contrastive expression as shown in (39a-d):
(39) a. जे गाय दुही ऊ राजु ह ।

je ɡɑe duɦi u rɑju ɦʌ

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