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ɖɑɽ ̊ kʰel-e cʌl-eke bɑ
pig-cry play-PUR walk-OBL be.3SG.PRES

'We have to go for pig-cry game.' (03.233)
b. अपने से बात करेके बा ।

ʌpne se bɑt kʌreke bɑ
ʌpne se bɑt kʌr-eke bɑ

2SG.H with talk do-OBL be.3SG.PRES
'I have to talk to you.' (010.011)

c. िजनगी म& ब"तो कंटक से बँचेके पड़ेला ।

jinɡi mẽ bʌɦuto kʌnʈʌk se bʌ ̃ ceke pʌɽelɑ
jinɡi mẽ bʌɦut-o kʌnʈʌk se bʌ ̃ c-eke pʌɽ-elɑ
life LOC more-EMPH foe ABL save-OBL lie-3SG.PRES

'We have to protect from several foes in life.' (010.261)

d. जौन अवरोधक बा ओकरा के छोड़ेके पड़ी, ई हमर कहनाम बा ।
jɔn ʌbrod ̤ ʌk bɑ okʌrɑ ke cʰoɽeke

jɔn ʌbrod ̤ -ʌk bɑ u-ʌr-ɑ ke cʰoɽ-eke
COND obstruction-ADJ be.3SG.PRES 3SG-GEN-DEF ACC leave-OBL

pʌɽi
pʌɽ-i

fall-3SG.FUT
'The obstacle, whatever is, has to be abandoned.' (03.356)

10.4 Mood
Mood functions as the speaker's attitude toward a situation, including the
speaker's belief in its reality, or likelihood. As its close neighbours Chitoniya Tharu

(Paudyal 2013:209), Awadhi (Saksena 1937/1971:238), Maithili (Yadav 1996:162),
Hinid (Koul 2008:116) and Nepali (Upadhyay 2010:103 and Adhikari 2016:211) display

different moods, moods in Bhojpuri has been displplayed variably in Grierson
(1884a:35), Tiwari (1954:256-8 and 1960:161-2), Nirbhik (1975:128-9), Triphathy

(1987:260-1), Shrivastava (1999:90), Sharma and Ashk (2007:73), Thakur (2011:105-6)
and Singh (2013:161-2). In my observation, Bhojpuri has the following distinctive

moods: declarative (indicative), interrogative, imperative, optative and conditional.
Agreement morphology is retained between subject and verb (main verb or copula) for
persons, numbers, genders, honorificity and tenses in declarative and interrogative moods.

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