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/- and - are the future forms of - 'to be', agree with number person,

gender and honorificity, uses appropriate agreement affixes:

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a. /

--/--

I Birganj be-FUT-1

'I will be in Birganj.'

b. /

---/--

You home-LOC be-FUT-MAS.2(NH)

'You will be at home.'

c. /

---/--

You home-LOC be-FUT-FEM.2(NH)

'You will be at home.'

In future tense also the copula  'be' verb is inflected in respect with number,

person and gender. Following examples in table15 illustrate this:

Table 15: Inflection of copula  'be' in future tense form:

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