(Udmurt)

SitNecV & SitNecAff

SitNecV: Situational necessity is expressed through the use of verb constructions.

SitNecAff: Situational necessity is expressed through the use of verbal affixes.

(1)köspispu-os-tyǯegatsky-tekkora-nykule.
drytreePLACCdelayCVB.NEGcutINFmust
‘Dead trees must be cut down without delay.’ (UdmCorp.)

(2)viśiśpispu-os-tykora-no (…)
sicktreePLACCcutPTCP.NEC
’Sick trees must be cut down (…)’ (UdmCorp.)

In Udmurt, situational necessity can be expressed either by combining the auxiliary kule with the infinitive (1), or using the necessitative participle -(o)no (2) (Keľmakov – Hännikäinen 2008).

Author: Laura Horváth


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