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ɦʌmɑr bɛl nɑ bikɑi
ɦʌm-ɑr bɛl nɑ bik-ɑ-i

1SG-GEN ox NEG sell-PASS-3.FUT
'... My oxen won't be sold.' (10.017)

c. तोहर पाचन ठीक नइखे ।
toɦʌr pɑcʌn ʈʰik nʌikʰe

tu-ʌr pɑcʌn ʈʰik nʌikʰ-e
2SG-GEN digestion right be.NEG.PRES-3SG

'Your digestion is not sound.' (09.022)
d. ए बबुआ, तोहार का नाम बा ?

e bʌbuɑ toɦɑr kɑ nɑm bɑ
e bʌbuɑ tu-ɑr kɑ nɑm bɑ

VOC boy 2SG-GEN what name be.3SG.PRES
'O boy! What is your name?' (09.465)

e. ओकर नाँव रहे ‘भोजपुरी कहािनयाँ’ ।

okʌr nɑ ̃ o rʌɦe b ̤ ojpuri kʌɦɑniyɑ ̃
u-ʌr nɑ ̃ o rʌɦ-e b ̤ ojpuri kʌɦɑni-yɑ ̃
3SG-GEN name live-3SG.PST Bhojpuri story-PL

'Its name was 'Bhojpuri Stories'.' (04.108)
f. चवर म; ओकर खेत रहे ।

cʌwʌr mẽ okʌr kʰet rʌɦe

cʌwʌr mẽ u-ʌr kʰet rʌɦ-e
cultivated stretch LOC 3SG-GEN farm live-3SG.PST
'There was her farm in a cultivated stretch.' (05.003)

As exemplified in (43a, 43c, 43e and 43f), all personal pronouns are marked
with suffix -अर /-ʌr/ for genitive but the first and second persons are only marked by -

आर /-ɑr/ irrespective of gender but limited to singular number only in (43b and 43d).

In plural, no case-marker suffix is allowed, rather, the postposition के /ke/ performs

the function, already described with nominals. Besides, the final vowel in तू /tu/ in
second and ऊ /u/ in third person singular is found falling with insertion of u /ɦ/ and क्

/k/ to achieve their genitive/possessive forms as तोहर /toɦʌr/ or तोहार /toɦɑr/
'your/yours' and ओकर /okʌr/ 'his/her' respectively.

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