(Komi-Permyak)

AdNumNoCase + PronNum=NCase

AdNumNoCase: Adnominal numerals are not inflected. (No numeral agreement.)

PronNum=NCase: Pronominal numerals are inflected the same as the nouns they replace.

(1)kuimnyv-lö
threegirlDAT
’to three girls’ (L. P.)

(2)ryt-nasyksan-ökyćańkölokt-i-sö
eveningINE.3SGIksanILLfrom_somewherecomePST3PL
kuim-önvöv-vez-öniešöńoľ-önľampa-ez-ön.
threeINShorsePLINSandyetfourINSlampPLINS
’In the evening they went to Iksan from somewhere with three horses and four lamps.’ (Ponomareva 2010: 159)

(3)– kynymjort-yt-löneböt-a-ntupöś-śez?– kuim-lö.
how_manyfriend2SGDATbringPRS2SGsourdough_pancakePLthreeDAT
’– How many friends of yours are you bringing sourdough pancakes for? – Three.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak the numerals in adnominal function usually do not agree with the noun (1), but sporadic examples with case concord are attested (2). When they have a pronominal function, the numerals have the same case as the nouns that they replace (3) (cf. Batalova 2002: 77).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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