(Meadow Mari)

Nom

Nom: Two categories are distinguished from a morphosyntactic perspective: 1. [Sa, Snona, Aa and Anona]; 2. [P]. This type is known as nominative or nominative–accusative.

(1)təjpij-vlakdečlüd-at.
youkutyaPLfromafraid2SG
’You are afraid of dogs.’ (A. S.)

(2)təjmöŋg-eškaj-et.
youhomeLATgo2SG
’You are going home.’ (A. S.)

(3)təjmör-əmpog-et.
youstrawberryACCgather2SG
’You are picking strawberries.’ (A. S.)

(4)təjməj-əmjörat-et.
youIACClove2SG
’You love me.’ (A. S.)

In Meadow Mari the pronominal S/A arguments of both intransitive (1)–(2) and transitive (3)–(4) verbs appear in nominative case, while the pronominal P arguments of transitive verbs are accusative (4).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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