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(Yadav 1996:369), Hindi (Koul 2008:256) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:372), Bhojpuri
has the conditional adverbial clauses as also displayed in Tiwari (1960:175 and

1984:512), Nirbhik (1975:94), Sharma and Ashk (2007:41), Thakur (2011:105) and
Singh (2013:97). In this study they are discussed as follows:

a) Irrealis conditionals
Irrealis conditional clauses do not have truth values, so, they fall under the
scope of non-fact modality. Besides, their truth value relies upon the truth value of

their associated main clause that itself is also under irrealis scope and thus has no
truth value either.

Typically, irrealis conditionals have an implied futurity, with the main clause
itself marked by either future, modal or some other irrealis operator (Givón,

2001b:331). In Bhojpuri, the main clause and the irrealis conditional are both in
future. Generally the irrealis conditionals start from अगर /ʌɡʌr/ or य!द /yʌdi/ or ज!द

/jʌdi/ 'if' as well as from जब /jʌb/ 'when', as shown in (42a-c):

(42) a. अगर एकर उnटा केi करता त ओकरा के िपटे म2 कवनो हरज नइखे ।

ʌɡʌr ekʌr ulʈɑ keɦu kʌrʌtɑ tʌ
ʌɡʌr e-ʌr ulʈɑ keɦu kʌr-ʌt bɑ tʌ
if PROX-GEN reverse anyone do-.IMPF be.3SG.PRES COND

okʌrɑ ke piʈe mẽ kɔno ɦʌrʌj nʌikʰe
u-ʌr-ɑ ke piʈ-e mẽ kɔno ɦʌrʌj nʌikʰ-e

3SG-GEN-SPEC ACC beat-SIM LOC any objection be.NEG.PRES-3SG
'If someone is doing reverse of it, there is no objection to beat him/her.' (03.196)

b. जब !कसान के घर से िनकल जाई त ओकर भाव दोबर हो जाई ।

jʌb kisɑn ke ɡ ̈ ʌr se nikʌl jɑi tʌ
jʌb kisɑn ke ɡ ̈ ʌr se nikʌl jɑ-i tʌ

when farmer GEN house source come out go-3SG.FUT COND

okʌr b ̤ ɑo dobʌr ɦo jɑi
u-ʌr b ̤ ɑo dobʌr ɦo jɑ-i
3SG-GEN rate double be go-3SG.FUT

'When it is out of the farmers' houses, its rate will again be doubled.' (02.123)
c. जब तू सामान देबऽ, तब हम भुvानी देहेम ।

jʌb tu sɑmɑn debʌ tʌb ɦʌm bʰuktɑni deɦem

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