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ɑj-o bɑ lekin bʌɦut kʌm ɦo jɑ-il
today-EMPH be.3SG.PRES but very less be go-PP

bɑ
bɑ

be.3SG.PRES
'It still exists but highly endangered.' (03.278)

13.6.4 Rejection
As displayed in Maithili (Yadav 2014:168-9) and Nepali (Adhikari 2016:114-
5), rejection can be expressed simply with a phrase- or clause-initial negation ना nɑ ...

ना nɑ 'neither ... nor' in Bhojpuri, as shown in (89a-b).
(89) a. पूरे-पूरे कवनो भी jिv अपन परंपरा के भूला ना सकेला ना कवनो नया परंपरा के ऊ

पूरा िसख सकेला ।

pure pure kɔno b ̤ i byʌkti ʌpʌn pʌrʌmpʌrɑ
purɑ-e purɑ-e kɔno b ̤ i byʌkti ɑpʌn pʌrʌmpʌrɑ

full-EMPH full-EMPH any also individual GEN tradition

ke b ̤ ulɑ nɑ sʌkelɑ nɑ kɔno nʌyɑ
ke b ̤ ul-ɑ nɑ sʌk-elɑ nɑ kɔno nʌyɑ
ACC forget-CAUS NEG can-3SG.PRES NEG any new

pʌrʌmpʌrɑ ke u purɑ sikʰ sʌkelɑ
pʌrʌmpʌrɑ ke u purɑ sikʰ sʌk-elɑ

tradition ACC 3SG full learn can-3SG.PRES
'Any person can neither forget his/her tradition outright nor can s/he learn a

new one completely.' (03.329)
b. ना िनमन गीत गाएम ना दरबार देखे जाएम ।

nɑ nimʌn ɡit ɡɑem nɑ dʌrbɑr dekʰe jɑem
nɑ nimʌn ɡit ɡɑ-em nɑ dʌrbɑr dekʰ- e jɑ-em

NEG good song sing-FUT.H NEG palace see-PUR go-FUT.H
'Neigher I sing well nor I'll go to visit Royal Palace.'

13.6.5 Causal coordination
As attested in Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:353-4), Bhojpuri has also some

particles such as कारण !क /kɑrʌn ki/ or काहे !क /kɑɦe ki/, एह से !क /eɦ se ki/ 'because'
or 'because of' or 'for' that coordinate the cause clauses. They are simply known as

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