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Table 14.6: Indefinite/non-referring pronouns in Bhojpuri
केG /keɦu/, कौनो /kɔno/ whoever
कुिछओ /kucʰio/ whatever
कौनो /kɔno/ whichever
The indefinite/non-referring pronouns in Table 14.6 are illustrated in (6):
(7) a. अगर एकर उJटा के# करता त ओकरा के िपटे म1 कवनो हरज नइखे ।
ʌɡʌr ekʌr ulʈɑ keɦu kʌrʌtɑ tʌ
ʌɡʌr ekʌr ulʈɑ keɦu kʌr-ʌt bɑ tʌ
if PROXGEN reverse anyone do-.IMPF be.3SG.PRES COND
okʌrɑ ke piʈe mẽ kɔno ɦʌrʌj nʌikʰe
u-ʌr-ɑ ke piʈ-e mẽ kɔno ɦʌrʌj nʌikʰe
3SG-GEN-DAT ACC beat-PUR LOC any objection not to be
If ANYONE is doing reverse of it, there is no objection to beat him/her. (09.373)
b. तोहरा बात के कौनो इतवार नइखे ?
toɦrɑ bɑt ke kɔno itwɑr nʌikʰe
tu-ʌr-ɑ bɑt ke kɔn-o itwɑr nʌikʰe
2SG-GEN-SPEC saying GEN who-EMPH trust not to be
There is NO trust in your utterance. (09.373)
c. एह दुिनआ म1 कुिछओ अटल नइखे ।
eɦ duniɑ mẽ kucʰio ʌʈʌl nʌikʰe
eɦ duniɑ mẽ kucʰ-io ʌʈʌl nʌikʰe
prox world LOC something-EMPH unaffected not to be
NOTHING remains unaffected in this world. (09.478)
d. जा खेते, कौनो अऱैया नइखे ।
jɑ kʰete kɔno ʌr ̥ ʌiɑ nʌikʰe
jɑ kʰet-e kɔno ʌr ̥ ʌiɑ nʌikʰe
go farm-LOC any master not to be
Go to the farm, there is NOBODY master there. (09.156)
14.2.5 Relative and correlative pronouns
As attested in Chitoniya Tharu (Paudyal 2013:155-6), Awadhi (Saksena
1937/1971:185-91), Maithili (Yadav 1996:116-9), Hindi (Koul 2008:77) and Nepali
(Upadhyay 2010:52 and Adhikari 2016:52-53), Bhojpuri has relative pronouns
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