(Komi-Permyak)
17DempronCases
17DempronCases: The demonstrative pronominal case system has seventeen cases.
| Case | Demonstrative pronoun ‘this’ | Demonstrative pronoun ‘that’ |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eta | sija |
| genitive | etalön | sylön |
| ablative | etaliś | syliś |
| dative | etalö | sylö |
| accusative | etö | sijö |
| instrumental | etaön | syön |
| comitative | etaköt | syköt |
| abessive/caritive | etatög | sytög |
| preclusive | etaśa | syśśa |
| consecutive | etala | syla |
| inessive | etayn | syyn |
| illative | etaö | syö |
| elative | etaiś | syiś |
| approximative | etalań | sylań |
| delative | etaśań | syśań |
| prolative | etaöt | syöt |
| terminative | etaöʒ́ / etavi | syöʒ́ / syvi |
Based on Ponomareva (2002)
In Komi-Permyak the demonstrative pronouns eta ‘this’ and sija ‘that’ have 17 cases (cf. Batalova 2002: 86), with the two forms of terminative case counting as one. The distal demonstrative has the same form as the 3Sg personal pronoun (cf. Ponomareva 2010).
Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás