(Meadow Mari)

NPPnonobl + Agr

NPPnonobl: The subject may optionally be marked with an explicit pronoun or noun.

Agr: Morphosyntactic agreement on the verb is used to mark the subject.

(1)məjkastenetol-am.
Iin_the_eveningcome1SG
’I will come in the evening.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 136)

(2)kastenetol-am.
in_the_eveningcome1SG
’I will come in the evening.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 136)

(3)Jəvankastenetol-eš.
Ivanin_the_eveningcome3SG
’Ivan will come in the evening.’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari the subject is obligatorily marked by the person marking on the verb (1)─(3). Personal pronouns (1) or nouns (3) are optional (pro-drop language) (2).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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