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Optative mood markers are shown below:

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1 st -

2 nd -(zero marker)

nd
2 (H) -

3 rd -

rd
3 (H) -/
e. Conditional (Subjunctive) mood

Conditional or subjunctive mood is contrast to declarative or imperative mood. It

refers to the verb form or sentence/clause types, used in the expression in subordinate
clause. The conditional is occurred in 'hypothetical' construction. In another word, in

conditional mood, a sentence, consists of an antecedent (or a condition) and a
consequent. The antecedent represents the event described by  'if' clause and -

'then' is the marker which shows the consequence or conditional clause in Bhojpuri,

which connects two clauses. But is optional in conditional sentence in Bhojpuri.

In conditional mood, individual clause shows the verb agreement according to its own
subject and tense. Let's see this in following examples:

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a. () 

() ----

(If) You eat-FUT-MAS.2 COND healthy AUX-FUT-MAS.2

'If you eat you will be healthy.'

b. () 

() --

(if) He/She go-FUT-FEM.3 COND Sita go-FUT.FEM.3(NH)

'If he/she goes then Sita will go too.'

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