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---

You walk go-PST AUX-PRES-2(NH)

'You have gone.'

The copula  'be' verb is inflected in respect with number, person, gender and

honorificity in Bohjpuri. Examples in table13 illustrate this:

Table 13: Inflection of copula  'be' in present tense form:

Number
Person Singular Plural
st
1 -- --
nd
2 -- --
nd
2 honorific -- --
nd
2 feminine -- --
3  --
rd
rd
3 honorific -- --
rd
3 feminine - -
(ii)  'to be' as past tense form

Copula  is the past tense form of . It is prefixed for number, person, gender

and honorificity marker.

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a. 

---

I field-LOC be-PST-1

'I was in the field.'

b. 

--

You be-PST-MAS.2.SG(NH)

'You were.'

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