This is a rough draft of prosodic analysis in Bhojpuri. The red line above the following sentences indicate the pitch of your voice when these sentences are spoken.
- It’s dark outside.
- It’s dark outside (a different version of the same sentence as #1)
- When does it get dark?
- When will it get dark?
Stress is placed on the penultimate syllable of a multi-syllable word (and on the only syllable in monosyllabic words). Primary stress is usually accompanied by high pitch, while unstressed syllables carry a low pitch.