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tẽ ɡit ɡɑ-wʌt ɦokʰ-be
2SG.NOM song sing-IMPF be-2.FUT

'You will be singing a song.' (13.017)
h. ऊ लोग धान काटत होइह& ।

u loɡ d ̤ ɑn kɑʈʌt ɦoiɦẽ
u loɡ d ̤ ɑn kɑʈ-ʌt ɦo-i-ɦẽ

3SG PL paddy cut-IMPF be-FUT-3.MH
'They will be reaping paddy.' (13.018)

i. मोहन तबला बजावत होई ।

moɦʌn tʌblɑ bʌjɑwʌt ɦoi
moɦʌn tʌblɑ bʌj-ɑ-ʌt ɦo-i
Mohan Tabla ring-CAUS-IMPF be-3SG.FUT

'Mohan will be playing Tabla.' (13.019)

j. लइकS सुतल होई ।
lʌiki sutʌl ɦoi

lʌiki sut-ʌl ɦo-i
girl sleep-PP be-3SG.FUT
'The girl will be sleeping.' (13.020)

k. माई जागल होई ।

mɑi jɑɡʌl ɦoi
mɑi jɑɡ-ʌl ɦo-i

mother awaken-PP be-3SG.FUT
'Mother will be awaking.' (13.021)

Going through the examples, we observe that the paradigms of रह /rʌɦ/, हो /ɦo/ or
होख /ɦokʰ/ 'be' are identical with the future tense markers as we observe with देख

/dekʰ/ 'see' in Table 10.5 in the subsection (10.1.2) in this chapter.

(iii) Present Progressive
The identification of present tense is itself in progressive aspect as described
in section 10.1.3. Formally it is close to Maithili (Yadav, 2014:42), Awadhi (Saxena,

1937:247) and Hindi (Koul 2008: 105) but not with Nepali (Adhikari 2014:199)
though it is functionally similar with those all. Moreover, the form identical with

those of Nepali as well as in other neighbours, too, is also available in Bhojpuri. In

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