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The table 7 illustrate how vowel final and consonant final stem behave differently,

when it is followed by present tense morpheme.

Table 7: Vowel and consonant final verb stems in present tense:

Person V Stem-final C Stem-final

First -- 'eat PRES-1SG/PL' ---'read EPN-

PRES.1SG/PL'

Second -- 'eat PRES-MAS' --- 'read EPN-PRES-2.MAS'

-- 'eat PRES-FEM' ---'read EPN-PRES-FEM.2'

-- 'eat PRES-H.2' --- 'read EPN-PRES-H.2'

Third -- 'eat PRES-MAS-3.SG' --- 'read EPN-PRES-

MAS.3SG'
-- 'eat PRES-FEM-3.SG'
---'read EPN-PRES-
-- 'eat PRES-FEM-3.PL'
FEM.3SG'
-- 'eat PRES-MAS-3.PL'
--- 'read EPN-PRES-
-- 'eat PRES-H-3' FEM.3PL'

--- 'read EPN-PRES-

MAS.3PL'

--- 'read EPN-PRES-H.3'

From the sentences 25(a-c) and table 6 and 7 we see that the suffixes in the present
tense representing number, person, gender and honorificity are -, -, -, -, -,

-and -. The common suffix forfirst person singular and plural and honorificity is

-. In present tense also there is not any different gender marker for 1 person, but
st
nd
rd
there is different marker to show gender distinction in 2 and 3 person.
4.1.3 The Future Tense

The future tense refers to the situation or event after the present time/now. In Bhojpuri
nd
the future tense morphemes vary. These are - for 2 person, - for third person and
st
- for 1 person and honorificity.

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