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'If the boy had taken meal, he would have been strong.'
c) Conditionals with intermediate truth value

As noted by Thompson and Longacre (1985:190-1), as well as by Givón
(2001b:333-4), in addition to the two extreme modal points on the semantic
dimension of conditionals – irrealis ('possibly true') and counter-fact ('not true') –

Bhojpuri has a third gradation, most particularly of events/states that are are judged to
be unlikely but not altogether impossible.

Under this heading, conditionals partly match what Thompson & Longacre
(1985:190-1) refers to as reality conditionals whereas Givón (2001b:334) refers to as

low-probability conditionals, generally marked with past-time reference किहओ /kʌɦio/

'whenever' along with जब /jʌb/ 'if'-clause and तब /tʌb/ 'then'-clause or अगर /ʌɡʌr/ or

य!द /yʌdi/ 'if'-clause and त /tʌ/ 'then'-clause occur with the conditionality in
counterfactual expressions, as shown in (44a-c).

(44) a. किहओ कमाए जाए त ऊ बिनहारी जौले ओरावे ना तौले फे र कमाए ना जाए ।
kʌɦio kʌmɑe jɑe tʌ u bʌniɦɑri jɔle

kʌɦio kʌmɑ-e jɑ-e tʌ u bʌniɦɑri jɔle
some day work-PUR go-3.PST COND 3SG wages until

orɑwe nɑ tɔle pʰer kʌmɑe nɑ jɑe
orɑ-we nɑ tɔle pʰer kʌmɑ-e nɑ jɑ-e

empty-3.PST NEG till then again work-PUR NEG go-3.PST
'Whenever he earned something, he didn't go to earn again until the wages

finished completely.' (13.004)
b. मधेश अगर भारत के भूखंड रिहत त का जहाँ बाVह लागल बा उहाँ बाऩ लािगत ?

mʌd ̤ es ʌɡʌr b ̤ ɑrʌt ke b ̤ ukʰʌnɖ rʌɦit tʌ kɑ

mʌd ̤ es ʌɡʌr b ̤ ɑrʌt ke b ̤ ukʰʌnɖ rʌɦ-it tʌ kɑ
Madhesh if India GEN territory live-3.IPST COND what

jʌɦɑ ̃ bɑn ̥ lɑɡʌl bɑ uɦɑ ̃ lɑɡit
jʌɦɑ ̃ bɑn ̥ lɑɡ-ʌl bɑ uɦɑ ̃ lɑɡ-it
where barrage erect-PP be.3SG.PRES there erect-3.IPST

'If Madhesh was an Indian territory, would the barrage be erected where it
has been now?' (02.080)

c. ओकर बाबा अगर िजअत रहत2 त अब तक सय बरीस के भइल रहत2 ।

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