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'I was reading.'

b. 

---

I read-DUR AUX-PRES-1

'I am reading.'

c. 

 --

I read-DUR AUX-FUT.1

'I shall be reading.'

Verbs of imperative mood are also inflected for number of non-honorific and

honorific. Bare form of verb is used to show the non-honorific imperative (60a)
whereas -is used to indicate honorificity as in (60b).

(60)

a. 



You go.IMP.NH-2

'You go!'

b. 

-

2(H) out go-IMP-2(H)

'You go out!'

4.5 Summary

In this chapter we discussed tense, aspect, mood, modality and agreement pattern.
Three types of tenses- past, present and future exist in Bhojpuri. These tenses are

inflected by means of various morphemes. All three tenses are marked differently
according to the person, gender, number and honorificity. First person singular and

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