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ɦʌm-ni ke srotɑ loɡ sun rʌɦ-ʌl bɑni
1SG-PL GEN listener PL listen live-INF be.PRES.H

'Listeners are hearing us.' (03.386)
g. बाबुजी आ रहल बाड़न ।

bɑbuji ɑ rʌɦʌl bɑɽʌn
bɑbu-ji ɑ rʌɦ-ʌl bɑɽʌn

father-H come live-INF be.3.PRES.MH
'Father is coming.' (03.155)

h. माई आ रहल बाड़ी ।

mɑi ɑ rʌɦʌl bɑɽi
mɑi ɑ rʌɦ-ʌl bɑɽi
mother come live-INF be.3.PRES.F.MH

'Mother is coming.' (03.154)

i. ... युवा शिW अभी खेती से मुँह मोड़ रहल बा ।
yubɑ sʌkti ʌb ̤ i kʰeti se mũɦ moɽ rʌɦʌl bɑ

yubɑ sʌkti ʌb ̤ i kʰeti se mũɦ moɽ rʌɦ-ʌl bɑ
youth force now farming ABL mouth turn live-INF be.3SG.PRES

'... the youth forces are fleeing from farming now.' (02.011)
Going through the exemplificaitons (6a-i) the paradigms of बा /bɑ/ 'be' seems to

be identical with that of suffix -ता /-ta/ in the verb stem as presented in section 10.1.3.

Moreover, there are some accomplishment-completion verbs whose infinitive/participle
form is functionally used in present progressive, as shown in (7a-c).

(7) a. हड़ताली लोग नाका पर बैठल बाटे ।

ɦʌɽtɑli loɡ nɑkɑ pʌr bʌiʈʰʌl bɑʈe
ɦʌɽtɑl-i loɡ nɑkɑ pʌr bʌiʈʰ-ʌl bɑ
strike-NML PL entry point LOC sit-INF be.3SG.PRES

'The protesters are sitting at the entry point.' (010.028)
b. दरबार म& खजाना भरल पड़ल बा ।

dʌrbɑr mẽ kʰʌjɑnɑ b ̤ ʌrʌl pʌɽʌl bɑ
dʌrbɑr mẽ kʰʌjɑnɑ b ̤ ʌr-ʌl pʌɽ-ʌl bɑ

palace LOC treasury fill-PP lie-PP be.3SG.PRES
'The treasury in the palace is lying full.' (010.138)

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