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u ɑm kʰɑ-ʌt bɑ kʰɑ-ʌt bɑ
3SG.NOM mango eat-IMPF be.3SG.PRES eat-IMPF be.3SG.PRES

'He is eating a mango.'
e. तू आम खात बाड़ऽ/खाताड़ऽ ।

tu ɑm kʰɑt bɑɽʌ
tu ɑm kʰɑ-ʌt bɑɽʌ

2SG.NOM.MH mango eat-IMPF be.2SG.PRES.MH

kʰɑtɑɽʌ
kʰɑ -ʌt bɑɽʌ
eat -IMPF be.2SG.PRES.MH

'You are eating a mango.' (Mid-honorific)
Towards east, in the mid-eastern Bhojpuri, the endings in the same situation

are replaced with बाड़ी /bɑɽi/or ताड़ी /tɑɽi/, बाड़न /bɑɽʌn/, ताड़न /tɑɽʌn/ with imperfect

marker -इत /-it/ suffixed with the main verb, as shown with खा- /kʰɑ-/ 'eat' in (2a-e):
(2) a. ऊ आम खाइत बाड़न/खाइताड़न ।

u ɑm kʰɑit bɑɽʌn

u ɑm kʰɑ-it bɑɽʌn
3SG mango eat-IMPF be.PRES.H
'He is eating a mango.' (Honorific)

b. हम आम खाइत बाड़ी/खाइताड़ी ।

ɦʌm ɑm kʰɑit bɑɽi kʰɑitɑɽi
ɦʌm ɑm kʰɑ-it bɑɽi kʰɑ-it bɑɽi
1SG.NOM mango eat-IMPF be.PRES.H eat-IMPF be.PRES.H

'I am eating a mongo.'

c. रउआ आम खाइत बाड़ी/खाइताड़ी ।
rʌuɑ ɑm kʰɑit bɑɽi kʰɑitɑɽi

rʌuɑ ɑm kʰɑ-it bɑɽi kʰɑ-it bɑɽi
2SG.NOM.H mango eat-IMPF be.PRES.H eat-IMPF be.PRES.H

'You are eating a mango.' (Honorific)
d. ऊ आम खाइत बा/खाइता ।

u ɑm kʰɑit bɑ kʰɑitɑ

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