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(44) a. ऊ औरत िहअ जौन हम देखनी ।
u ɔrʌt ɦiʌ jɔn ɦʌm dekʰni
u ɔrʌt ɦiʌ jɔn ɦʌm dekʰ-ni
DIST woman be.3SG.PRES.F COMP 1SG see-PST.H
'It's a woman that I saw.' (06.034)
b. ई उहे औरत िहअ जे हम देखनी ।
i uɦe ɔrʌt ɦiʌ je ɦʌm dekʰni
i u-e ɔrʌt ɦiʌ je ɦʌm dekʰ-ni
PROX 3SG-EMPH woman be.3SG.PRES.F COND 1SG see-PST.H
'It's the woman that I saw.' (06.035)
c. *ऊ ई औरत िहअ जे हम देखनी, ना &क ई आदमी ।
u i ɔrʌt ɦiʌ je ɦʌm dekʰni nɑ
u i ɔrʌt ɦiʌ je ɦʌm dekʰ-ni nɑ
DIST PROX woman be.3SG.PRES.F COND 1SG see-PST.H NEG
ki i ɑdmi
ki i ɑdmi
COMP PROX man
'*It's this woman that I saw, not this man.' (06.036)
In (44a-c), the generic or non-referring contrastive focus is presented in (44a)
and the definite-referential in (44b). But the referential-indefinite construction in
(44c) is marked in Bhojpuri as in other languages including English.
The very same restriction bars referential-indefinite nouns in Y-movement
contrasts in Bhojpuri, as shown in (45a-c):
(45) a. (हमरा अलुई मन ना परे), गाजर हमरा मन परेला ।
ɦʌmrɑ ʌlui mʌn nɑ pʌre ɡɑjʌr ɦʌmrɑ
ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ ʌlui mʌn nɑ pʌr-e ɡɑjʌr ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ
1SG-GEN-DAT potato mind NEG fall-3.PRES carrot 1SG-GEN-DAT
mʌn pʌrelɑ
mʌn pʌr-elɑ
mind fall-3SG.PRES
'(I don't like potatoes), carrots I like.' (06.038)
b. (हमरा ऊ ना सोहालन), इनका के त हम ब1त चाहेनी ।
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