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jʌise ɖʌɡmʌɡ nʌlnik nire tʌise ɖʌɡmʌɡ d ̤ ʌnik
jʌise ɖʌɡmʌɡ nʌlni-k nir-e tʌise ɖʌɡmʌɡ d ̤ ʌni-k

REL shaking pond-GEN water-EMPH COR shaking lady-GEN

sʌrire
sʌrir-e
body-EMPH

'The body of the lady is shaking how the water in the pond is tiding.' (Gupt
1910:76)

f. जहाँ जहाँ नयन िवकाश । तँिह तँिह कमल परकाश ।। (Vidyapati verse 55)

jʌɦɑ ̃ jʌɦɑ ̃ nʌyʌn bikɑs tʌ ̃ ɦi tʌ ̃ ɦi kʌmʌl pʌrkɑs
REL REL eye development COR COR lily light

'The lily blossoms where the eyes behold.' (Gupt 1910:30)
The relativizer जौने /jɔne/ 'who' in (75a) presents the grammatical role of the

relativized NP as the subject (human singular). Similarly in (75b) the relativizer जे /je/

'who' shows the relativized NP is the subject (human plural) and in (75c) जे/जथी

/je/jʌtʰi/ 'whatever' is the direct object of the honorific imperative verb खा /kʰɑĩ/
'please eat'. Likewise, the relativizer जइसन /jʌisʌn/ 'how' in (75d) is modifier of the

relativised NP वीक /bik/ 'sale', the relativizer जइसे /jʌise/ 'how' in (75e) modifies the

verb डगमग /ɖʌɡmʌɡ/ 'shaking' and जहाँ जहाँ /jʌɦɑ jʌɦɑ/ 'wherever' modifies the eye's
̃
̃
development to correlate with the lady's beholding in (75f).
13.4.4 Grammatical relations that can be relativized

Most of the grammatical relations such as subject, object (direct and indirect),
oblique, possessive, instrument, source and locative can be relativized in Bhojpuri.

a) Subject
The NP in the subject position can be relativized:

(76) जे करी से पाई ।
je kʌri se pɑi

je kʌr-i se pɑ-i
REL do-3SG.FUT COR get-3SG.FUT

'The one who works will be benefited.' (09.378)
The relativized NP is जे /je/ 'who' placed in the subject position.

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