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13.4.1 Non-finite and finite relative clauses
(68) a. खFटआ पर बइठल आदमी ।

kʰʌʈiɑ pʌr bʌiʈʰʌl ɑdmi
kʰʌʈiɑ pʌr bʌiʈʰ- ʌl ɑdmi

cot LOC sit-PP man
'The man who is sitting on the cot.' (Lohar, 2010:84)

b. मङM के !कनल हँसुआ ।

mʌŋru ke kinʌl ɦʌ ̃ suɑ
mʌŋru ke kin-ʌl ɦʌ ̃ suɑ

Mangru GEN buy-PP sickle
'The sickle that Mangaru bought.' (Lohar, 2010:84)

c. जौन िवषय म2 हम शोध करेके चाहतानी ऊ बा भोजपुरी jाकरण ।
[jɔn bisɛ mẽ ɦʌm sod ̤ kʌreke

jɔn bisɛ mẽ ɦʌm sod ̤ kʌr-e-ke
REL subject LOC 1SG research do-PUR-OBL

cɑɦʌtɑni] u bɑ b ̤ ojpuri byɑkʌrʌn
cɑɦ-ʌt bɑni u bɑ b ̤ ojpuri byɑkʌrʌn

want-IMPF be.PRES.H COR be.3SG.PRES Bhojpuri grammar
'The topic of my research is Bhojpuri Grammar.' (03.094)

d. जेकर केस उŠर बा ऊ आदमी हमर बाबा हउअन ।
jekʌr kes ujjʌr bɑ u ɑdmi ɦʌmʌr

[je-ʌr kes ujjʌr bɑ] u ɑdmi ɦʌm-ʌr
REL-GEN hair white be.3SG.PRES COR man 1SG-GEN

bɑbɑ ɦʌuʌn
bɑbɑ ɦʌuʌn

grandfather be.3.PRES
'The man whose hair is white is my grand-father.' (Lohar, 2010:84)

The clauses in (68a-b) are considered non-finite participial relative clauses as
the verb in each clause is inflected with participial marker suffix -अल /-ʌl/. They

either restrict or modify the head noun. But the clauses in brackets in (68c-d) are
initiated by correlative relative clauses with relative pronouns जौन /jɔn/ 'who' and

जेकर /jekʌr/ 'whose', so, they are considered finite relative clauses. As in both the

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