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b. कुछ करे से पिहले सोचO, पाछे ना ।

kucʰ kʌre se pʌɦile socĩ pɑcʰe nɑ
kucʰ kʌr-e se pʌɦil-e soc-ĩ pɑcʰe nɑ
something do-PUR ABL first-DET think-IMP.H lately NEG

'Look before you do something, not later.' (13.058)

c. तोहरा कहला से पिहलही हम जानत रहनी ।
toɦrɑ kʌɦlɑ se pʌɦilʌɦi ɦʌm jɑnʌt

toɦ-ʌr-ɑ kʌɦ-ʌl-ɑ se pʌɦil-ɦi ɦʌm jɑn-ʌt
2SG-GEN-SPEC say-PP-SEQ ABL first-EMPH 1SG know-SIM

rʌɦni
rʌɦ-ni

live-PST.H
'I had already known it before you said.' (13.059)

b) Subsequence
Several dependent clauses with an obvious temporal reading are in fact not
much different from the sequential chaining discussed in preceding section. But when

it is a matter of subsequence, and the subject remains the same, the participial
construction is used, as shown in (27a-b).

(27) a. जब हमनी एक-दोसरा के इयाद कइनी त फे र आ गइनी ।
jʌb ɦʌmni ek-dosʌrɑ ke iyɑd kʌini tʌ

jʌb ɦʌm-ni ek-dosʌr-ɑ ke iyɑd kʌr-ini tʌ
when 1SG-PL one another-SPEC DAT memory do-PST.H COND

pʰer ɑ ɡʌini
pʰer ɑ jɑ-ini

again come go-PST.H
'When we remembered each other, we came to be together.' (03.030)

b. जब हमनी के हड़बड़ी रही, ओह समय म2 कहेम, ‘समय तू धीरे-धीरे चल ।’

jʌb ɦʌmni ke ɦʌɽbʌɽi rʌɦi oɦ sʌmɛ mẽ
jʌb ɦʌm-ni ke ɦʌɽbʌɽi rʌɦ-i oɦ sʌmɛ mẽ

when 1SG-PL GEN haste live-3.SG.FUT DIST time LOC

kʌɦem sʌmɛ tu d ̤ ire d ̤ ire cʌl

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