(Meadow Mari)
ConjCat=7
ConjCat=7: Number of verbal inflectional categories is 7.
| (1) | tudo | tunem-eš |
|---|
| (s)he | study‑3SG |
| ’(s)he studies’ (T. E.) |
| (2) | tudo | tunem-ne-že |
|---|
| (s)he | study‑DES‑3SG |
| ’(s)he would (like to) study’ (T. E.) |
| (3) | tudo | tunem-e |
|---|
| (s)he | study‑PST1.3SG |
| ’(s)he studied’ (witness past) (T. E.) |
| (4) | tudo | o-k | tunem |
|---|
| (s)he | NEG‑3SG | study.CNG |
| ’(s)he does not study’ (T. E.) | |
| (5) | tudo | tunem-ən |
|---|
| (s)he | study‑PST2.3SG |
| ’(s)he studied’ (non-witness past) (T. E.) |
| (6) | tudo | tunem-en | əl’e |
|---|
| (s)he | study‑CVB | AUX |
| ‘(s)he was studying’ (T. E.) |
In Meadow Mari, a verb can be morphologically marked for tense (3), (5)–(6), mood (2), the number (1)–(6), and person of the subject (1)–(6), evidentiality (3), (5), aspect (6) and polarity (4). Evidentiality and aspect are expressed via the past tense system of the language.
Author: Bogáta Timár
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