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Table 10: The present habitual form of the verb - 'see':

Number
Person Singular Plural
st
1 -- --
nd
2 -- --
nd
2 honorific  -- --
2 feminine -- --
nd
rd
3 -- --
3 honorific -- --
rd
rd
3 feminine -- --

(ii)Past habitual

The past habitual aspect codes a situation, which repeatedly took place on different
occasion over a period of time in the past. The suffixes added to the verb stem

describe the past habitual. In past habitual aspect, verbs are suffixed in same manner
as are suffixed in simple past tense in Bhojpuri.

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a. 

--

Radha everyday eat-PST-FEM.2(NH)

'Radha used to eat everyday (habit).'

b. 

--

 I rice eat-PST-1

'I used to eat rice (habit).'

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