Mordvinic/Multipersonal
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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 | -t | -ŋk | sg. -zO pl. -nzO |
-st |
Pronoun (nominative) | mon | miń | ton | tiń | son | siń |
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)