(Komi-Permyak)

NoDepTense

NoDepTense: The tense of the dependent predicate does not depend on the tense of the main predicate; it appears in the same tense as it would in an independent clause (natural tense).

(1)mekyl-i,(što)irinalokt-ö.
IhearPST.1SGthatIrinacomePRS.3SG
’I heard that Irina was coming.’ (L. P.)

(2)mekyl-i,(što)irinalokt-as.
IhearPST.1SGthatIrinacomeFUT.3SG
’I heard that Irina would come.’ (L. P.)

(3)mekyl-i,(što)irinalokt-is.
IhearPST.1SGthatIrinacomePST.3SG
’I heard that Irina had come.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak the tense of the dependent predicate is not affected by the tense of the main predicate (L. P.).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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