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Table 11: The past habitual form of the verb - 'see':

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

b. Durative

The general durative marker in Bhojpuri is - which is suffixed to the verb stem and
followed by the simple past tense of auxiliary verb. It can be combined with any tense

categories: past, present and future. They are discussed as follows:

(i)Past durative

In past durative aspect, the durative marker - is followed by auxiliary -. The past

durative aspect involves three elements (1) the main verb stem and durative marker -
 (2) the simple past tense of auxiliary verb - and tense marker and (3) number,

person, gender and honorificity agreement marker which is suffixed to the tense

marker. The form of the verb in past durative aspect is structured as:

Base+ (- ) + -+ PST+ (agreement marker)

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a.  

---

I read-DUR AUX-PST-1

'I was reading.'

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