(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)mašapij-vlakdečlüd-eš.
MashadogPLfrombe_afraid3SG
’Masha is afraid of dogs.’ (A. S.)

(2)mašamöŋg-eškaj-a.
MashahomeLATgo3SG
’Masha goes home.’ (A. S.)

(3)mašatud-əmpog-a.
MashaitACCcollect3SG
’Masha collects it.’ (A. S.)

(4)mašatud-əmjörat-a.
Masha(s)heACClove3SG
’Masha loves him/her.’ (A. S.)

In Meadow Mari, nominal S/A arguments of both intransitive and transitive verbs have nominative case (1)–(4); pronominal P arguments of transitive verbs are marked accusative (3)–(4).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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