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'... if you are cutting or uprooting from the farm ...' (02.115)
f. भोजपुरी के लोक-सािहoय कहल जाओ चाहे लोकवाताX कहल जाओ ।

b ̤ ojpuri ke lok sɑɦityʌ kʌɦʌl jɑo cɑɦe lokbɑrtɑ
b ̤ ojpuri ke lok sɑɦityʌ kʌɦ-ʌl jɑ-o cɑɦe lokbɑrtɑ

Bhojpuri GEN folk literature say-INF go-OPT or folklore

kʌɦʌl jɑo
kʌɦ-ʌl jɑ-o
say-INF go-OPT

'Let's say folk-literature or folklore of Bhojpuri.' (03.190)
13.6.3 Adversative coordination

As Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:352), Maithili (Yadav 2014:164-7), Hindi
(Koul 2008:284-5) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:114) exhibit adversative coordination,

Bhojpuri has particle बा!कर /bɑkir/ 'but' that conjoins two noun phrases or clauses that

are adverse from each other, as shown in (88a-c). The बा!कर /bɑkir/ particle is also
somewhere बाँ!कर /bɑkir/ but in Hindi influence, ले!कन /lekin/ is also being used
̃
contemporarily.

(88) a. ... उहो नेपािलए रहल2 बा!कर भोजपुरी †ेx के रहल2 ।
uɦo nepɑlie rʌɦlẽ bɑkir b ̤ ojpuri cʰetrʌ

u-o nepɑl-i-e rʌɦ-ʌl-ẽ bɑ ̃ kir b ̤ ojpuri cʰetrʌ
DIST-EMPH Nepal-ADJ-EMPH live-PP-3PST.MH but Bhojpuri region

ke rʌɦlẽ
ke rʌɦ-ʌl-ẽ

GEN live-PP-3PST.MH
'... he was also Nepali but belonged to the Bhojpuri speaking zone.' (04.078)

b. बनल नहर बाँ!कर ओ म2 पानी नइखे ।
bʌnʌl nʌɦʌr bɑ ̃ kir o mẽ pɑni nʌikʰe

bʌn-ʌl nʌɦʌr bɑ ̃ kir o mẽ pɑni nʌikʰ-e
make-3SG.PST canal but DIST LOC water be.NEG.PRES-3SG

'The canal was prepared but there is no water in it.' (02.076)
c. आजो बा ले!कन ... बUत कम हो गइल बा ।

ɑjo bɑ lekin bʌɦut kʌm ɦo ɡʌil

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