(Meadow Mari)

APmk=Case

APmk=Case: The agent and patient are marked through the use of case marking alignment.

(1)atəjiktaž-mogajgazet-əmnal-atmo?
andyouPCLkindnewspaperACCbuy2SGQ
’And do you buy any kind of newspaper?’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 93)

(2)ljudmilamelna-mküešt-eš.
LyudmilapancakeACCfry3SG
’Ljudmila makes pancakes.’ (T. E.)

(3)nunə-mpolicijkəčal-eš
theyACCpolicelook_for3SG
’The police are looking for them.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 135)

In Meadow Mari an agent is unmarked, be it a pronoun (1), or a noun (2). Patients have an accusative suffix irrespective of whether they are nominal (1)─(2), or pronominal (3).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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