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ɑdmi sut-elɑ
man sleep-3SG.PRES

'The man sleeps.' (03.036)
j. सपना ऊ आपन मातृभषे म& देखेला ।

sʌpnɑ u ɑpʌn mɑtrib ̤ ʌse mẽ dekʰelɑ
sʌpnɑ u ɑpʌn mɑtrib ̤ ɑsɑ-e mẽ dekʰ-elɑ

dream 3SG.NOM 3.GEN mother tongue-EMPH LOC see-3SG.PRES

'The dream he looks only in his mother tongue.' (03.038)
k. अपना माइए के भाषा म& देखेला ।

ʌpnɑ mɑie ke b ̤ ɑsɑ mẽ dekʰelɑ
ʌpnɑ mɑi-e ke b ̤ ɑsɑ mẽ dekʰ-elɑ

GEN mother-EMPH GEN language LOC see-3SG.PRES

'He observes it only in the language of his mother.' (03.039)
l. ओ म& दोसर भाषाभाषी dेिनङ लेला ।
o mẽ dosʌr b ̤ ɑsɑb ̤ ɑsi ʈreniŋ lelɑ

o mẽ dosʌr b ̤ ɑsɑb ̤ ɑsi ʈreniŋ le-elɑ
DIST LOC another language speaker training take-3SG.PRES

'The other native language speakers get training there.' (04.155)
m. ओकरा के लोग दि^खनी भोजपुरी कहेला ।

okʌrɑ ke loɡ dʌkkʰini b ̤ ojpuri kʌɦelɑ

u-ʌr-ɑ ke loɡ dʌkkʰin-i b ̤ ojpuri kʌɦ-elɑ
3SG-GEN-DEF ACC people south-ADJ Bhojpuri say-3SG.PRES

'People call it Southern Bhojpuri.' (04.185)
n. भोजपुरी म& हमर जान बसेला ।

b ̤ ojpuri mẽ ɦʌmʌr jɑn bʌselɑ
b ̤ ojpuri mẽ ɦʌm-ʌr jɑn bʌs-elɑ

Bhojpuri LOC 1SG-GEN life live-3SG.PRES
'My life breathes in Bhojpuri.' (010.192)

As we go through the intances presented (9a-n), the -आ /-ɑ/ final verb stems

are suffixed by -नी /-ni/ and -ल /-l/ with different inflections to mark present habitual

as well as insertion of -ए- /-e-/ between the consonant final verb stems and present
markers -नी /-ni/ and -ल /-l/ with different inflections. Table 10.9 and Table 10.10

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