(Komi-Permyak)

PM

PM: Person marking of the agent is marked on the verb (through verbal agreement) regardless of whether the agent is, or could be, expressed by a full noun or a pronoun.

(1)meju-akofe.
Idrinkprs.1sgcoffee
’I drink coffee.’ (V. E.)

(2)teju-a-nkofe.
youdrinkprs2sgcoffee
’You drink coffee.’ (V. E.)

(3)mikovju-ökofe.
Mikovdrinkprs.3sgcoffee
’Mikov drinks coffee.’ (V. E.)

(4)sijaju-ökofe.
(s)hedrinkprs.3sgcoffee
’(S)he drinks coffee.’ (V. E.)

In Komi-Permyak the person and number of the agent are obligatorily marked (1)–(4) irrespective of word class (cf. Bartens 2000: 329, Lobanova 2017: 32–35).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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