Present Habitual
The varients presented in the note below are arranged according to their frequency of occurrence in the survey data-from most frequent to least frequent.

The present habitual refers to an action that occurs habitually, ordinarily or customarily in the present time. In the standard Marathi sentence, rohən šaḷela jato (Rohan school-to goes), the verb form jato (ja-t-o, go-IPFV-3SGM), indicates that Rohan goes to school habitually in the present time.

1.0 Dialectal variation in marking the {Present Habitual}

Three variant forms were observed in the various regional/social dialects of Marathi for indicating the present habitual: (1) [V-t-PNG], (2) [V-s.N], (3) [V-ta]. The geographical distribution and examples of the variant forms are given below.
1.1 Variant 1: [V-t-PNG]

The variant [V-t-PNG] is used to mark the present habitual in all the sampled districts in the state of Maharashtra.
1.1.1 Example (District Ratnagiri, taluka Ratnagiri, village Malgund, F39, Kunbi, 12th)
ती कामाला ज़ाते
ti kamala jate
ti kam-a-la ja-t-e
she work-OBL-DAT go-IPFV-3SGF
She goes to work. 1.1.2 Example (District Thane, Taluka Ambernath, Village Usatane, M19, Buddhist, FYBA)
मराटीच़ बोलतो मी जास्तं
məraṭic bolto mi ǰastə
məraṭi-c bol-t-o mi ǰastə
Marathi-EMPH speak-IPFV-1SGM I more
I speak in Marathi most of the time.
1.2 Variant 2: [V-s.N]

The variant [V-s.N] is used for marking the present habitual in five of the sampled 34 districts in the state of Maharashtra. The geographical spread of this variant and examples are given below:

District	Taluka and Village
Jalgaon	Jalgaon - Dhamangaon, Chalisgaon - Dahiwad
Dhule	Dhule - Songir, Khede and Khordad,Shirpur - Shingave and Boradi, Sakri - Dhadne
Nandurbar	Nnandurbar - Ghotane, Navapur - Khandbara and Cinchpada, Shahada - Prakasha and Shahada
Nashik	Satana - Daregaon, Malegaon - Kalwadi and Kaulane (GA.)
Palghar	Dahanu - Veti

1.2.1 Example (District Nandurbar, Taluka Nandurbar, Village Dhanora, M42, Matang, 6th)
एक पोर्‍या धाविले शाळामा ज़ास
ek porya dʰawile šaḷama jas
ek porya dʰawi-le šaḷa-ma ja-s
one son.OBL tenth-LOC school-LOC go-IPFV.SG
One of my sons goes to class 10 in school.
1.2.2 Example (District Dhule, Taluka Dhule, Village Khordad, M68, Kunbi-Patil, 8th)
ते बी आयरानिमास बोलतस
te bi ayranimas boltəs
te bi ayrani-ma-s boltəs
they PRT Ahirani-LOC-EMPH speak-IPFV.PL
They too speak in Ahirani.
1.3 Variant 3: [V-ta]

The variant [V-ta] is used to indicate the present habitual aspect in three of the sampled 34 districts in the state of Maharashtra. The geographical spread of this variant and examples are given below:

District	Taluka and Village
Kolhapur	Chandgad - Kodali
Sindhudurg	Dodamarg - Ayee and Matne,Malwan - Katta, Deulwada and Dandi, Kudal - Mangaon and Kudal, Vengurla - Vengurla, Devgad - Taramumbri and Jamasande, Sawantwadi - Kolgaon and Satarde
Ratnagiri	Rajaapur- Kumbhavade

1.3.1 Example (District Sindhudurg, Taluka Malwan, Village Dandi, M72, Gabhit, 3rd)
आमी त्याला काय मनता देवमासा
ami tyala kay mənta dewmasa
ami tya-la kay mən-ta dewmasa
we.EXCL he.OBL-ACC what say-IPFV devmasa
We call it devmasa.
1.3.2 Example (District Sindhudurg, Taluka Kudal, Village Kudal, M60, Kumbhar, Illikterate)
पन आता जास्तं पीक येता
pən ata ǰastə pik yeta
pən ata ǰastə pik ye-ta
but now more crop come-IPFV
Now we get more crops/we get a better harvest.