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34. Kuihoa okoi  biko  nam-l-a  ini?  aiŋ-a honkur i heke
girl  who  books  bring  tense  she  my daughter  is
‘The girl who brought the books is my daughter’

The structure of the noun phrase in Bhumij may be formulized as this :
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6.5. 
Verb Phrase

The head of the verb phrase is the verb and it must obligatorily be present.

1.
 aiŋ
sen-a-iŋ
 ‘I am going’
2. abu sen-a-bu ‘We are going’
3. ako  sen-a-ko  ‘they are going’
4.  am  sen-a-m ‘you are going’

In the above sentences, a single intransitive verb connects the verb phrase.


The verb phrase may have NPs which are complements to the verb. The NPs will be direct and indirect objects.

5.
 ako
 baba-ko
 ir - ked - a
  they paddy-pl.  reap-past-cop
‘They reaped paddy’

6.
 ape
 da?a
 nu?u - ked - a - pe
  You water   drink - past - cop-PT
‘You drank water’
7.  abu  mai
jom-ked - a - bu
  we  rice eat - past-cop-PT
‘We ate rice’

In the above sentences, the object and the verb constitute the verb phrase.


When there are two NP’s in the VP, the first NP is the indirect object and the second NP is the direct object.

8.
a?e
 ha-ke
arki
oma - k-i - a
  he man-case  liquor  give-tense-cop

‘He gave liquor to the man’

9.
 gomi
omi-ke
 datruma
oma-l-i - a
  Gomy  Domy-case  sickle give-tense-cop

‘Gomy gave the sickle to Domy’.


The order of direct and indirect objects in the VP may differ as shown below :

10.
 gomi
datruma
omi-ke


 oma - l - i - a
  Gomy sickle  Domy-case  give-past-cop
‘Gomy gave the sickle to Domy’


The verb in the verb phrase may be modified by the adverb.

11.
 setaa
 nere
 mena
  dog there  is
‘The dog is here’

12.
setaa
 hae
 mena
  dog  there is
‘The dog is there’

13.
 rimbil
sirma-re
 mena
  sky  above  is
‘The sky is above’
 
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