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mɑtɑri okʌrɑ ke kʌɦlʌkʰ dekʰ nɑ
mɑtɑri u-ʌr-ɑ ke kʌɦ-ʌl-ʌkʰ dekʰ nɑ

mother 3SG-GEN-DET DAT say-PP-3SG.PST see EMPH

toɦʌrɑ b ̤ ʌuji ke deɦ ʌȷ ̈ urɑɦ bɑ
tu-ʌr-ɑ b̤ ʌuji ke deɦ ʌȷ ̈ urɑɦ bɑ
2SG-GEN-SPEC elder sister-in-law GEN body pregnant be.3SG.PRES

'The mother said to him, "Look, your elder sister-in-law is pregnant now."' (10.030)
A zero strategy or juxtaposition is exhibited in the instances (1a-b), where the
complement, always a direct-quote utterance, occurs after the main clause and its

complement-taking predicate without any overt complementizer or other linking device.

The complements can also be presented with a complementizer !क /ki/ in Bhojpuri
and, if so, the complement is always heavily shifted to the end, as shown in (2a-c).

(2) a. हम ई कहेके चाहतानी !क एक मधेश एक 0देश म2 भोजपुरी के कौनो तरह से बाँटल ना

जाई ।
ɦʌm i kʌɦeke cɑɦʌtɑni ki ek

ɦʌm i kʌɦ-e-ke cɑɦ-ʌt bɑni ki ek
1SG PROX say-PUR-OBL want-IMPF be.PRES.H COMP one

mʌd ̤ es ek prʌdes mẽ b ̤ ojpuri ke kɔno tʌrʌɦ se
mʌd ̤ es ek prʌdes mẽ b ̤ ojpuri ke kɔno tʌrʌɦ se

Madhesh one province LOC Bhojpuri GEN any as means

bɑ ̃ ʈʌl nɑ jɑi
bɑ ̃ ʈ-ʌl nɑ jɑ-i
divide-INF NEG go-3SG.FUT

'I want to tell you, "Bhojpuri will not be split under One Madhesh One
Province."' (01.087)

b. त बात करत रहनी ह !क ओह बेरा अइसन !किसम के !कसान आंदोलन भइल ।
tʌ bɑt kʌrʌt rʌɦni ɦʌ ki oɦ

tʌ bɑt kʌr-ʌt rʌɦ-ni ɦʌ ki oɦ
COND matter do-IMPF live-PST.H be.3SG.PRES COMP DIST

berɑ ʌisʌn kisim ke kisɑn ɑndolʌn b ̤ ʌil
berɑ ʌisʌn kisim ke kisɑn ɑndolʌn b ̤ ʌ-il

time such type GEN peasant movement become-3SG.PST
'Now I was telling you, "The peasants' movements were launched in this

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