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m. 

---

Gita Birganj-ABL Kathmandu come-PST-FEM.3

'Gita came Kathmandu from Birganj.'

2.6.5 Left branching
Bhojpuri is a left branching language, which is the trait of SOV language. The left
branching is the common trait of the South Asian languages.

(5)

a. 

Pen

b. 

'Red pen'

c. 

'One red pen'

d. 

---

I one red pen-INST write-PST-1

'I wrote with a red pen.'

2.6.6 Modifiers

In Bhojpuri the modifiers precede the noun e.g.

(6)

a. (adjective)



I one black pencil AUX

'I have a black pencil.'

b. (demonstrative)

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