(Komi-Permyak)

SV

SV: The basic word order is SV, no additional word order exists.

(1)petraekt-ö.
Peterdanceprs.3sg
’Peter dances.’ (L. P.)

(2)nastaol-öbur-a.
Nastyaliveprs.3sggoodadv
’Nastya has a good life.’ (L. P.)

(3)vör-ynol-önyvörmös,köindaur.
forestineliveprs.3pldeerwolfandsquirrel
’There are deer, wolves, and squirrels living in the forest.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak intransitive sentences, the subject usually precedes the verbal predicate (1)–(2). The predicate–nominal subject order is more common in existential sentences (3) (cf. Lobanova 2017: 110).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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