(Komi-Permyak)

VSupplT & VSupplElse

VSupplT: Verb stem suppletion occurs across tenses.

VSupplElse: Verb stem suppletion occurs across other lines than tenses and aspects.

(1)mikov-lönemmös.
MikovGENbe.PRScow
’Mikov has a cow/cows.’ (L. P.)

(2)mikov-lönvöl-imös.
MikovGENbePST.3SGcow
’Mikov had a cow/cows.’ (L. P.)

(3)mikov-lönlo-a-smös.
MikovGENbeFUT3SGcow
’Mikov will have a cow/cows.’ (L. P.)

(4)logaža!
be.IMP.2SG happy
’Be happy!’ (V. E.)

In Komi-Permyak, verbal suppletion occurs in the category of the existential verb. The existential verb (which has the same form as the copula) has the form em in present tense (1), völ- in past tense (2), and lo- in future tense (3) and imperative mood (4) (Bartens 2000: 265–267).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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