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ɡʌlʌtpʰʌɦmi mẽ bɑɽʌ u tʌ u-ʌr bɑp-e
falsehood LOC be.2.PRES 3SG COND 3SG-GEN father-EMPH

ɦʌ je oke muɑ delʌkʰ
ɦʌ je o-ke mu-ɑ de-ʌl-ʌkʰ

be.3SG.PRES COND 3SG-ACC die-CAUS give-PP-3.PST
'You think that servant killed the girl, and it sure makes sense, I admit. But

you're absolutely wrong. It was her father who killed her.' (06.045)
b. Expectations set up across paragraph boundary
तू मानेलऽ &क ए लइक8 के नोकर मुआ देलख, िनित }प से एह बात म" दम बा, हमf

मानेम । तUबो तू पूरा पूरा गलतफहमी म" बाड़ऽ ।
tu mɑnelʌ ki e lʌiki ke nokʌr muɑ

tu mɑn-elʌ ki e lʌiki ke nokʌr mu-ɑ
2SG realize-2.PRES.MH COMP PROX girl GEN servant die-CAUS

delʌkʰ niscit rup se eɦ bɑt mẽ dʌm
de-ʌl-ʌkʰ niscit rup se eɦ bɑt mẽ dʌm
give-PP-3.PST certain form SPEC PROX matter LOC weight

bɑ ɦʌmɦu mɑnem tʌbbo tu purɑ purɑ
bɑ ɦʌm-ɦu mɑn-em tʌb-o tu purɑ purɑ
be.3SG.PRES 1SG-EMPH realize-FUT.H then-EMPH 2SG full full

ɡʌlʌtpʰʌɦmi mẽ bɑɽ
ɡʌlʌtpʰʌɦmi mẽ bɑɽʌ

falsehood LOC be.2.PRES
'You think that servant killed the girl, and it sure makes sense, I admit. But
you're absolutely wrong.' (06.045)

ऊ त ओकर बापे ह जे ओके मुआ देलख ।

u tʌ okʌr bɑpe ɦʌ je oke
u tʌ u-ʌr bɑp-e ɦʌ je o-ke

3SG COND 3SG-GEN father-EMPH be.3SG.PRES COND 3SG-ACC

muɑ delʌkʰ
mu-ɑ de-ʌl-ʌkʰ
die-CAUS give-PP-3.PST
'It was her father who killed her.' (06.045)

The upshot of discussion in (48a-b) appears to be a one-way conditional

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