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jʌmin pʌrtɑ rʌɦ-ʌl-ɑ kɑ cʌlte utpɑdʌn nɑ ɦokʰ-e
land barren live-PP-SEQ GEN REAS production NEG be-3.PST

'Those days, people died of hunger in lack of land and on the other hand the
huge area of land of the land-lord used to be barren.' (02.035)
Achievement or non-achievement can also be expressed with complement

clauses of complement-taking adjectives, as shown in (16a-b).

(16) a. औगर से काठ छेदल आसान बा ।
ɔɡʌr se kɑʈʰ cʰedʌl ɑsɑn bɑ

ɔɡʌr se kɑʈʰ cʰed-ʌl ɑsɑn bɑ
augur means wood pierce-INF convenient be.3SG.PRES

'It is easy to pierce wood with an augur.' (09.186)
b. डेङी खेवल आसान नइखे ।

ɖeŋi kʰewʌl ɑsɑn nʌikʰe
ɖeŋi kʰe-ʌl ɑsɑn nʌikʰ-e

boat row-INF easy be.NEG.PRES-3SG
'Rowing boat is not easy.' (09.525)

c) Phasal predicates
As concerning modals have already been pointed out, several phasal notions,

which have to do with termination and continuation, have been indicated by means of
complementation. However, inception can be expressed with at least two different
complementation strategies: infinitival and verbal noun.

In infinitival strategy, perfective form of लाग /lɑɡ/ 'start' is utilized in

Bhojpuri, as presented in (17a-c).
(17) a. जब ओ लोग के ई भय भइल !क अब नुकइला से काम ना चली त ऊ लोग धीरे-धीरे

आपन जमीन ब2चे लागल ।

jʌb o loɡ ke i b ̤ ɛ b ̤ ʌil ki ʌb
jʌb o loɡ ke i b ̤ ɛ b ̤ ʌ-il ki ʌb

when that people GEN this fear become-3SG.PST COMP now

nukʌilɑ se kɑm nɑ cʌli tʌ u loɡ
nukɑ-il-ɑ se kɑm nɑ cʌl-i tʌ u loɡ
hide-PP-SEQ means work NEG walk-3SG.FUT COND 3SG people

d ̤ ire d ̤ ire ɑpʌn jʌmin bẽce lɑɡʌl

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