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ke byʌst-tɑ rʌɦ-ʌl ɦo-i
GEN busy-NML live-PP be-3SG.FUT
'I was also busy those days, you might have busy schedule too.' (03.027-28)
b. आ हमनी के सहकम[ भी बानी, इहो इनकर पFरचय बा ।
ɑ ɦʌmni ke sʌɦkʌrmi b ̤ i bɑni iɦo
ɑ ɦʌm-ni ke sʌɦkʌrmi b ̤ i bɑni i-ɦo
and 1SG-PL GEN colleague also be.PRES.H PROX-EMPH
inkʌr pʌricɛ bɑ
in-ʌr pʌricɛ bɑ
PROX-GEN introduction be.3SG.PRES
'And he is our colleague too, this is also his introduction.' (03.017-19)
c. भोजपुरी नेपालो म2 बोलल जाला, भारतो म2 बोलल जाला ।
b ̤ ojpuri nepɑlo mẽ bolʌl jɑlɑ b ̤ ɑrʌto
b ̤ ojpuri nepɑl-o mẽ bol-ʌl jɑ-ilɑ b ̤ ɑrʌt-o
Bhojpuri Nepal-EMPH LOC speak-INF go-3SG.PRES India-EMPH
mẽ bolʌl jɑlɑ
mẽ bol-ʌl jɑ-ilɑ
LOC speak-INF go-3SG.PRES
'Bhojpuri is spoken in Nepal also, in India too.'
d. खास कके भोजपुरी के jाकरण आ शrदकोश पर बUत कम काम भइल बा ।
kʰɑs kʌke b ̤ ojpuri ke byɑkʌrʌn ɑ sʌbdʌkos pʌr
kʰɑs kʌr-ke b ̤ ojpuri ke byɑkʌrʌn ɑ sʌbdʌkos pʌr
special do-SEQ Bhojpuri GEN grammar and dictionary LOC
bʌɦut kʌm kɑm b ̤ ʌil bɑ
bʌɦut kʌm kɑm b ̤ ʌ-il bɑ
very less work become-PP be.3SG.PRES
'Particulary there have been several works done on grammar and dictionary
of Bhojpuri.' (03.060)
13.6.2 Disjunctive coordination (disjunction)
As displayed in Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:348-51), Maithili (Yadav
2014:164-7), Hindi (Koul 2008:285) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:114), Bhojpuri has
several ways of expressions of disjunctions: suffix -हे /-ɦe/, -ही /-ɦi/, -ए /-e/ 'only' and
particle ना /nɑ/ 'no' together or particles भा /b ̤ ɑ/, चाहे /cɑɦe/ 'or' as shown in (87a-f):
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