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e. ऊ खात बेरा पानी ना िपए ।

u kʰɑt berɑ pɑni nɑ pie
u kʰɑ-ʌt berɑ pɑni nɑ pi-e
3SG eat-SIM time water NEG drink-PRES

'He dosn't drink water while eating.' (13.051)
But if there is a subject shift between the foregrounded and the backgrounded

events, Bhojpuri participials show simultaneity by emphatic suffix or clitic -ए /-e/. But
sometimes this emphasis is shown by either duplicating the converb or by adding मातर

/mɑtʌr/ 'immediately as' as an adverb after the participial, as shown in (34a-c).
(34) a. बैलगड़ी जङल म2 प)ँचते मातर बाघ मुँह बावत झपटल ।

bɛlɡʌɽi jʌŋʌl mẽ pʌɦũcte mɑtʌr bɑɡ ̈ mũɦ
bɛlɡʌɽi jʌŋʌl mẽ pʌɦũc-ʌt-e mɑtʌr bɑɡ ̈ mũɦ

bullock-cart jungle LOC reach-SIM-EMPH just tiger mouth

bɑwʌt ȷ ̈ ʌpʈʌl
bɑ-wʌt ȷ ̈ ʌpʌʈ-ʌl
open-SIM pounce-3SG.PST

'The tiger pounced opening its mouth immediately as the bullock-cart
entered into jungle.' (13.052)

b. हमरा िगरते मातर बाबुजी दउरत अइनी ।
ɦʌmrɑ ɡirte mɑtʌr bɑbuji dʌurʌt ʌini

ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ ɡir-ʌt-e mɑtʌr bɑbu-ji dʌur-ʌt ɑ-ini
1SG-GEN-SPEC fall-SIM-EMPH just father-H run-SIM come-PST.H

'Immediately as I fell down, father came running.' (13.053)
c. जाना के खेत म2 प)ँचते प)ँचते हम पनिपआई लेके गइनी ।

jɑnɑ ke kʰet mẽ pʌɦũcte pʌɦũcte ɦʌm
jɑnɑ ke kʰet mẽ pʌɦũc-ʌt-e pʌɦũc-ʌt-e ɦʌm

labourer GEN farm LOC reach-SIM-EMPH reach-SIM-EMPH 1SG

pʌnpiɑi leke ɡʌini
pʌnpiɑi le-ke jɑ-ini
refreshment take-SEQ go-PST.H

'Just the labourers reached in the farm, I went there with refreshment.' (13.054)

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