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c. CVC  'hit'

d. CVCC  'tie'

e. VC  'fly'

2.6.2 Pronoun

a. Personal pronoun

Table 3: Personal pronoun in Bhojpuri:

Person Singular Plural

First Person  
Second Person  

Second Person (H) / /

Third Person  /
Third Person (H)  

b. Demonstrative pronouns

'what'  'which' 'when'  'how' 'who'

'how much' 'this' 'that' 'these'  'those'

2.6.3 Gender

Two genders masculine and feminine are found in the Bhojpuri language. There are
different suffixes to mark feminine. These suffixes are attached to masculine noun.
For instance:

(3)

By suffixing -

a. 'uncle' +='aunt'

b. 'cock'+='hen'

c 'old man'+='old woman

By suffixing -

d. 'teacher'+='lady teacher'

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