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-, to the verb stem followed by the verb  'go', which agrees with the subject and

the subject of the active sentence is marked by suffix - in passive construction; and

(ii) the inflectional passive, which is formed by suffixing - to the non-passive main

verb followed by an appropriate agreement. The passive construction in Bhojpuri are
summarized as follows:

(i)Passivization formed by either of the suffix -, -, -or-, to the verb

stem followed by the verb  'go',

(84)

a. 

 --

I chapati eat-PRES-1

'I eat a chapati.'

b. /

--/-

I-DAT chapati eat-PASS/eat-PASS go.3SG

'A chapati is eaten by me.'

Sentence (84 a) is an active sentence and sentence (84 b) is a passive sentence. Both
sentences have a subject and an object. The passive sentence consists of a subject and
suffix - and the transitive verb  'eat' is suffixed with - or -, followed by

the verb ' go' in agreement with the subject. If the verb is vowel - final then it is

suffixed with - or - but in case of consonant final verb stem, the verb is

suffixed with-or - as in:

(85)

a. 

---

I one book read-EPN-PRES-1

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