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Table 8: The verb - 'go' in future tense:

Number
Person Singular Plural
st
1 -- --
nd
2 -- --
nd
2 honorific -- --
2 feminine -- --
nd
rd
3 - -
3 honorific -- --
rd
rd
3 feminine - -
nd
The table 9 illustrates how  final stem, particularly with 2 person (NH) and
consonant final stem behaves in different way, when it is followed by future tense

morpheme. The vowel  is dipthongized resulting in  when it is followed by future
tense marker  , while in case of other than  final stem, all other vowel final stems

behave same as consonant final stem.

Table 9: Vowel and consonant final verb stems in future tense:

Person V Stem-final C Stem-final
First -- 'go FUT-1SG/PL' -- 'see FUT-1SG/PL'

Second -- 'go FUT-MAS.2SG/PL' -- 'see FUT-MAS.2SG/PL'
--'go FUT-FEM.2SG/PL' --'see FUT-

--'go FUT-H.2' FEM.2SG/PL'
--'see FUT-H 2'
Third -'go FUT-MAS/FEM.3SG/PL' -'see FUT-
MAS/FEM.3SG/PL'
-- 'go FUT-H.3'
--'see FUT-H.3'

From the sentences 26(a-d) and Table 8 and 9 we see that the suffixes in the future
tense representing number, person, gender and honorificity are -, -, - and - .

The common suffix for first person singular and plural and honorificity is - for

st
future tense in Bhojpuri. Future tense does not show any gender distinction in 1
nd
person and 3 person, but there is gender distinction for 2 person.
rd

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