(Meadow Mari)

NoDemCase

NoDemCase: Demonstratives are standalone words, but cannot be marked for case.

singularplural
MariEnglishMariEnglish
tidethisninethese
tudothatnuothose
sedethis
sadethat

(Source: Alhoniemi 1985: 85)

(1)tideelpešmotor.
thiscountryverynice
’This country is very nice.’ (T. E.)

(2)tideel-əšteeŋeršuko.
thiscountryINEriverplenty
’There are plenty of rivers in this country.’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari demonstratives are standalone words with proximal and distal variants. In an adnominal function they cannot be marked for case (2) (Riese et al. 2022: 138).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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