बाटे / बाटीं

The Copula Forms बाटे and बाटीं

Level 6Sounds Like bāṭē ā bāṭīṁ

Many writers, especially from Gorakhpur and Deoria, use बाटे for बा and बाटीं for बानी.

How It Works

Gorakhpur and Deoria, in eastern Uttar Pradesh, are home to many Bhojpuri writers. Their "to be" begins with बाट.

WhoEasternAra
हमबाटींबानी
तूबाटऽबाड़ऽ
ऊ (m)बाटेबा
ऊ (resp.), theyबाटेंबाड़ें

The meaning and use are the same. Write बा, बानी, बाड़ऽ and बाड़ें, and recognise the eastern forms.

Both groups use the same helper in the -त बा pattern: पढ़त बाटे in the east, पढ़त बा in Ara. नइखे also appears in their writing. If you read a Gorakhpur writer, expect बाट- wherever you would see बा or बाड़- in this course.

Examples (5)

  1. घर में केहू बाटे?

    Is anyone at home?

    बाटे is the eastern form of बा.

  2. हम घरे बाटीं।

    I am at home.

    बाटीं for बानी.

  3. तू कहाँ बाटऽ?

    Where are you?

    बाटऽ for बाड़ऽ.

  4. ऊ लोग गाँव में बाटें।

    They are in the village.

    बाटें for बाड़ें.

  5. ऊ अबहीं बजार में बाटे।

    He is at the market right now.

    बाटे for ऊ.

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बाटे / बाटींLevel 6The Copula Forms बाटे and बाटीं

Learn This First

बाटे and बाटीं are other spellings of बा and बानी.

Words in This Pattern

बा