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बड़का, तू जो पंजाब कमाए, छोटका रही घरे के कामधंधा देखी ।’

ek din mɑtɑri ʌpnɑ beʈɑ sʌb se kʌɦli
ek din mɑtɑri ʌpnɑ beʈɑ sʌb se kʌɦ-ʌl-i
one day mother SG.GEN son PL DAT say-PP-3.PST.F.MH

bʌuɑ ʌb ɡ ̈ ʌrɦi rʌɦlɑ se kɑm nɑ
bʌbuɑ ʌb ɡ ̈ ʌr-ɦi rʌɦ-ʌl-ɑ se kɑm nɑ
boy now house-EMPH live-PP-SEQ caus work NEG

cʌli bʌɽkɑ tu jo pʌnjɑb kʌmɑe
cʌl-i bʌɽ-kɑ tu jɑ-o pʌnjɑb kʌmɑ-e

walk-3SG.FUT elder-SPEC 2SG go-IMP Punjab work-PUR

cʰoʈkɑ rʌɦi ɡ ̈ ʌre ke kɑmd ̤ ʌnd ̤ ɑ dekʰi
cʰoʈ-kɑ rʌɦ-i ɡ ̈ ʌr-e ke kɑm-d ̤ ʌnd ̤ ɑ dekʰ-i
small-SPEC live-3SG.FUT house-LOC GEN work see-3SG.FUT

'One day the mother said to her sons, "My sons, we can gain nothing living
at home. My elder son, go to Punjab for earning, the younger will look after
the household works."' (10.006)

b. ओतहाँ पUँचके गुMजी लइकन के अपना लगे बोलइनी ।

otʌɦɑ ̃ pʌɦũcke ɡuru-ji lʌikʌn ke ʌpnɑ lʌɡe bolʌini
otʌɦɑ ̃ pʌɦũc-ke ɡuru-ji lʌikɑ-n ke ʌpnɑ lʌɡe bolɑ-ini
there reach-SEQ teacher-H child-PL ACC SG.GEN with call-PST.H

'Having reached there, the teacher called the children towards him.' (13.089)

c. नेपाल 0हरी के खेलाड़ी सशu 0हरी के अपना से मुकाबला के नेवता देलख ।
nepɑl prʌɦʌri ke kʰelɑɽi sʌsʌstrʌ prʌɦʌri ke ʌpnɑ se

nepɑl prʌɦʌri ke kʰelɑɽi sʌsʌstrʌ prʌɦʌri ke ʌpnɑ se
Nepal police GEN player armed police DAT self with

mukɑblɑ ke neotɑ delʌkʰ
mukɑblɑ ke neotɑ de-ʌl-ʌkʰ

competition GEN invitation give-PP-3.PST
'Players of the Nepal Police invited ones from the Armed Police for a

competetion.' (13.090)
However, when the agent control is strong, the preferred strategy is to utilize the
morphological causative construction. This can either be in the form of direct causation,

in essence deriving a transitive verb from an intransitive such as बइठा /bʌiʈʰɑ/ 'make sit

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