(Udmurt)

DegAdj

DegAdj: Degree words always (or almost always) precede adjectives.

(1)todosći-os-lenjurt-a-zyužatužuzyrmuzej.
scientistPLGENbuildingINE3PLwork.3SGvery rich museum
’There is a very rich museum in the House of Scientists.’ (Udmurt corpus)

(2)ukyrbadʒ́ympörtemlyk-ezövöl, šuy-nylu-e.
toobigdifferenceDETbe.NEG sayINFwill_be3SG
’It can be said that there is not too big a difference.’ (Udmurt corpus)

(3) "ikarus”avtobus-enńyľsutkaotćynotatćymyny-ny
IkarusbusINSCOMfourdaythereandheregoINF
tužśekytval.
verydifficultCOP.PST
’In an Ikarus bus, the four-day travel there and back was very difficult.’ (Udmurt corpus)

(4)nosportškola-jeśuresukyrkuźval.
butsports_schoolILLwaytoolongCOP.PST
’But the sports school was too far.’ (Udmurt corpus)

(5)ľena,tužćeber!poziťiv!musotuž!
Lenaverynicepositivecutevery
’Lena, this is very nice! Positive! Very cute!’ (Udmurt social media corpus)

In Udmurt, degree words precede the adjective irrespective of whether they have an attributive (1)–(2) or predicative (3)–(4) function in the sentence. Sporadic examples of adjective – degree word orders can also be found (5).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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