(Meadow Mari)

PP=Dem

PP=Dem: Third-person personal pronouns are not distinguished from demonstrative pronouns.

(1)tudoüdərtidemarijdenevenčajalt-əno-gəl.
thatgirlthismanwithlive_in_marriagePST2.CNGNEG3SG
’That girl was not married to this man.’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 85)

(2)mijtuško,tevetudotuštoil-a.
go.IMP.2SGthat_waysee(s)hetherelive3SG
’Go that way, that’s where (s)he lives.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

In Meadow Mari third person singular and plural personal pronouns have the same form as distal demonstratives.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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