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bʌʈoɦi sʌmʌȷ ̈ ɡʌil i ɦʌrwɑɦɑ bʌɦir
bʌʈoɦi sʌmʌȷ ̈ jɑ-il i ɦʌrwɑɦɑ bʌɦir

passenger understand go-3SG.PST this ploughman deaf

buȷ ̈ ɑtɑ
buȷ ̈ -ɑ-ʌt bɑ
understand-PASS-IMPF be.3SG.PRES

'The passerby understood, "The ploughman seems deaf."' (10.020)
b. मेवाड़ के महारानी कमाXवती के बहादुर शाह Yारा मेवाड़ पर हमला कइल जाए के पूवX

सूचना िमलल ।

mewɑɽ ke mʌɦɑrɑni kʌrmɑwʌti ke bʌɦɑdur sɑɦ dwɑrɑ
mewɑɽ ke mʌɦɑrɑni kʌrmɑwʌti ke bʌɦɑdur sɑɦ dwɑrɑ

Mewad GEN queen Karmawati GEN Bahadur Shah by

mewɑɽ pʌr ɦʌmlɑ kʌil jɑe ke purb sucnɑ
mewɑɽ pʌr ɦʌmlɑ kʌr-il jɑ-e ke purb sucnɑ
Mewad LOC invasion do-PP go-PUR GEN pre information

milʌl
mil-ʌl

get-3SG.PST
'Queen Karmawati of Mewad got informed that Bahadur Shah was about to
attack on Mewad.' (07.060)

c. िसयार मुग[ के ब\न से सुनलख !क तुरंते आकाश िगरेवाला बा ।

siɑr murɡi ke bʌccʌn se sunlʌkʰ ki
siɑr murɡi ke bʌccɑ-ʌn se sun-ʌl-ʌkʰ ki

jackal hen GEN young-PL source hear-PP-3SG.PST COMP

turʌnte ɑkɑs ɡirewɑlɑ bɑ
turʌnt-e ɑkɑs ɡir-e-wɑlɑ bɑ
soon-EMPH sky fall-PUR-owner be.3SG.PRES

'The jackal heard from the chickens that the sky was to fall immediately.' (13.077)
d) Immediate perception predicates

The same construction is used in the chaining of differenct-subject clauses
with at least two verbs coding directly perceived events, ताक /tɑk/ 'look, see', देख

/dekʰ/ 'watch' and ]याल कर /kʰyɑl kʌr/ 'note', in which the finite complement-taking

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