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'I see a house.'

b. /

--/-

I-DAT one book read-PASS/read-PASS go.3SG

'A book is read by me.'

(ii) Another kind of passivization takes place by suffixing - to the non-passive

stem. For example:

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a. 

---

I he-GEN beat-PST-1

'I beat him.'

b. 

--

He beat-PASS-PST.3

'He is beaten.'

In above example morpheme - is suffixed to the verb stem to form a passive

sentence.

6.3 Summary

Two types of causativization are found in Bhojpuri: Morphological and syntactic
causativization. In morphological causativization, affixation, internal modification,
cluster simplification and affixation and internal modification are used. Causative

marker - and - are suffixed to the verb stem to obtain the notion of causation. In

syntactic causativization vector - bears the meaning of cause, which follows the

infinitive form of main verb. . There are two types of passivization process in
Bhojpuri: (i) the passive construction which is obtained by means of morphological

process in an active sentence. In this type the passivization is formed by either of the
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