(Komi-Permyak)

PurpV (+ PurpWV1) (+ PurpWV2)

PurpV: Purpose constructions are marked by a special verb form.

PurpWV1: Purpose constructions are marked by an independent word in the main clause.

PurpWV2: Purpose constructions are marked by an independent word (conjunction).

(1)von-ys-kötpantaś-ömponda /mogiśmiša
brother3sgcommeetptcp.pstforwith_the purpose_ofMisha
mun-i-skar-ö.
gopst3sgcityill
’Misha went to the city to meet his brother.’ (L. P.)

(2)mišamun-i-skar-ö,(medby)pantaś-ny
Mishagopst3sgcityillin_order_tomeetinf
von-ys-köt.
brother3sgcom
’Misha went to the city to meet his brother.’ (L. P.)

(3)mišamun-i-skar-ö(syponda),medby
Mishagopst3sgcityillfor_itin_order_to
pantaś-nyvon-ys-köt.
meetinfbrother3sgcom
’Misha went to the city to meet his brother.’ (L. P.)

(4)mišamun-ökar-ösyponda,medby
Mishagoprs.3sgcityillfor_itin_order_to
koľaśet-i-ssylöńebög.
Kolyagivepst3sghim.datbook
’Misha went to the city so that Kolya would give him a book.’ (V. E.)

Komi-Permyak has several strategies to form subordinate clauses of purpose. In case the main clause and the subordinate clause have the same subject, subordination can be expressed by combining a deverbal noun with either the postposition ponda ’for’ or the lexeme mogiś ’with the purpose of’ (1). Apart from this, the most common way to form a purpose clause is using an infinitival construction (2). In such cases the main clause can contain an element introducing the purpose clause (3), with a conjunction present in the embedded clause (2)–(3). When the subjects are different, both the main clause and the embedded clause have a finite verb form, with the latter obligatorily in the past tense (4). In such cases, the relationship between the clauses is indicated by the introductory element in the main clause and the conjunction in the embedded clause together with the special tense form of the verb. (L. P., V. E.)

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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