(Komi-Permyak)
AdjPredNonV
AdjPredNonV: Predicative adjectives are non-verbal.
| (1) | estön | bydm-ö | vylyn | pu. |
|---|
| here | grow‑PRS.3SG | tall | tree |
| ’A tall tree is growing here.’ (L. P.) |
| (2) | estön | bydmö-ny | vylyn | pu-ez. |
|---|
| here | grow‑PRS.3PL | tall | tree‑PL |
| ’Tall trees are growing here.’ (L. P.) |
| (3) | estön | bydm-i-sö | vylyn | pu-ez. |
|---|
| here | grow‑PST‑3PL | tall | tree‑PL |
| ’Tall trees were growing here.’ (L. P.) |
| (4) | ʒ́oriʒ́ | basök. |
|---|
| flower | nice |
| ’The flower is nice.’ (Ponomareva 2010: 52) |
| (5) | ʒ́oriʒ́-ʒ́ez | basök-öś. |
|---|
| flower‑PL | nice‑PL |
| ’The flowers are nice.’ (Ponomareva 2010: 52) |
| (6) | ʒ́oriʒ́-ʒ́ez | basök-öś | völ-i-sö. |
|---|
| flower‑PL | nice‑PL | COP‑PST‑3PL |
| ’The flowers were nice.’ (L. P.) |
Komi-Permyak verbs agree with their subject in person and number (1)–(2), and are marked for tense (3), evidentiality, polarity and mood (cf. Cypanov 2005). Predicative adjectives agree with the subject only in number (4), (5), and they cannot express tense. A copula is needed for this purpose (6) (Rédei 1978: 64, Bartens 2000: 130–132).
Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás
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