Mordvinic/Multipersonal

The Mordvinic languages sport a system of multipersonal verbal agreement, operating separate from the common Uralic subject agreement conjugation.

Of the two forms listed per slot, the upper is the present, the lower the preterite.

Erzya

Subject → Object ↓	1PS	1PP	2PS	2PP	3PS	3PP
1PS	N/A		-sa·mak -i·mik	-sa·miź -i·miź	-sa·mam -i·mim	-sa·miź -i·miź
1PP			-sa·miź -∅·miź		-sa·miź -∅·maź
2PS	-ta·n -i·ťiń		N/A		-ta·nzat -i·ńźiť
2PP		-ta·diź -i·ďiź			-ta·diź -i·ďiź
3PS	-sa·∅ -i·ja	-s·ińek -∅·ińek	-sa·k -i·k	-s·ink -∅·ink	-si/-sazo -iźe	-s·iź -∅·iź
3PP	-s·iń -∅·iń		-s·iť -∅·iť		-s·inze -∅·inze

Single-person markers

For comparison. //O// = /e/ ~ /o/, per vowel harmony; //T N// = /t n/ ~ /ť ń/, per palatal harmony.

	1PS	1PP	2PS	2PP	3PS	3PP
Verbal suffix	-an -iń	-Tano -ińek	-at -iť	-Tado -iďe	-i -ś	-iť -śť
Nominal predication	-an -Oĺ·iń	-Tano -Oĺ·ińek	-at -Oĺ·iť	-Tado -Oĺ·iďe	-∅ -Oĺ·∅	-∅ -Oĺ·ť
Possessive suffix	sg. -m pl. -n	-NOk	sg. -t pl. -nt	-ŋk	sg. -zO pl. -nzO	-st
Pronoun (nominative)	mon	miń	ton	tiń	son	siń

The 2PSg plural possessive suffix is not used in standard Erzya, only dialectally.

Moksha

Subject → Object ↓	1PS	1PP	2PS	2PP	3PS	3PP
1PS	N/A		-samak -majť		-sa·mań -∅·mań	-sa·maź -∅·maź
1PP				-sa·maśť -∅·maśť	-samaź -?	-samaź -?
2PS	-ťä -çťəń		N/A		-ta·nza(t) -∅·nźä
2PP		-ťä·ďäź -∅·ďäź			-ťä·ďäź -∅·ďäź
3PS	-sa(n) -jńä, -jä	-saśk -śk, -ńək	-sak -jť, -jk	-saśť, -sajəńť, -sańk -śť, -jəńť, -ńk	-si -źä	-saź -ź
3PP	-sajńä -zəń		-sajť -zəń		-sińä -zəń

Sources

• László Keresztes (1999): Development of Mordvin Definite Conjugation. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 233.
• Jack Rueter (2010): Adnominal Person in the Morphological System of Erzya. PhD thesis. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 261.