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ला/खाितर /ʌpne loɡ lɑ/kʰɑtir/, आप लोग
ला/खाितर / ɑp loɡ lɑ/kʰɑtir/
Possessive NH/MH तोर /tor/, तोहार तोहनी के /toɦni ke/, तोहन के /toɦʌn ke/, तू
/toɦɑr/, तोहर लोग के /tu loɡ ke/
/toɦʌr/
H राउर /rɑur/, अपने रउनी के /rʌuni ke/, रउअनी के /rʌuʌni ke/,
के /ʌpne ke/ रउआ लोग के /rʌuɑ loɡ ke/, अपने लोग के
/ʌpne loɡ ke/, आप लोग के /ɑp loɡ ke/
Like the first person pronouns, the second person Bhojpuri pronouns also do
not take any gender marker but they differ in terms of honorificity. त1 /tẽ/ is the special
non-honorific second person singular nominative in Bhojpuri, otherwise, non-
honorific or mid-honorific second person pronouns are the same. Similarly, the
gender is marked with the suffix attached to the finite verb, as shown in (2a-b):
(2) a. तू *कसान के बेटा बाड़ऽ ।
tu kisɑn ke beʈɑ bɑɽʌ
2SG farmer GEN son be.2.PRES
You are a son of the farmer. (14.253)
b. तू *कसान के बेटी बाड़ू ।
tu kisɑn ke beʈi bɑɽu
2SG farmer GEN daughter be.2.PRES.F.MH
You are a daughter of the farmer. (14.254)
Table 14.3 Personal pronouns in Bhojpuri: Third person
Case Hon. Singular Plural
Proximal Distant Proximal Distant
Nominative NH/MH ई /i/ ऊ /u/ एकनी /ekni/, ओकनी /okni/,
हेकनी /ɦekni/ होकनी /ɦokini/
H इहाँका उहाँका इहाँ सभन /iɦɑ ̃ उहाँ सभन /uɦɑ ̃
/iɦɑkɑ/ /uɦɑkɑ/ sʌb ̤ ʌn/, ई लोग sʌb ̤ ʌn/, ऊ लोग
̃
̃
/I loɡ/ /u loɡ/
Accusative NH/MH एके /eke/, ओके /oke/, एकनी के /ekni ओकनी के /okni
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