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u mɑȷ ̈ ɡ ̈ ʌr mẽ rʌɦ-ele
3SG.NOM middle house LOC live-3SG.PRES.F

'She lives in the middle room.'
In the intransitive clauses presented in (7) and (8a-d), the verb agrees with the

first person unchanged for feminine, but -नी /-ni/ is changed into -लऽ /-lʌ/ and -लू /-lu/

with the seocond person as well as into -ला /-lɑ/ and -ले /-le/ for masculine and feminine
respectively. Besides, the verb denotes gender in pronominal agreements unlike English

where pronominls denote gender only in third person singular. Now we discuss the
transitive clauses for gender agreement, as in (9) and (10a-d).

(9) हम आम खानी ।
ɦʌm ɑm kʰɑni

ɦʌm ɑm kʰɑ-ni
1SG.NOM mango eat-PRES.H

'I eat a mango.' (Lohar, 2009:143)
The transitive clause in (9) can be presented for second and third person
agents in masculine and feminine, as shown in (10a-d).

(10) a. तू आम खालऽ ।

tu ɑm kʰɑlʌ
tu ɑm kʰɑ-lʌ

2SG.NOM mango eat-2.PRES.MH
'You eat a mango.'

b. तू आम खालू ।
tu ɑm kʰɑlu

tu ɑm kʰɑ-lu
2SG.NOM mango eat-2.PRES.F.MH

'You eat a mango.'
c. ऊ आम खाला ।

u ɑm kʰɑlɑ

u ɑm kʰɑ-lɑ
3SG.NOM mango eat-3SG.PRES
'He eats a mango.'

d. ऊ आम खाले ।

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