(Meadow Mari)

SubMain & MainSub

SubMain: The subordinate clause generally precedes the main clause.

MainSub: The subordinate clause generally follows the main clause.

(1)kükurəkgəčkunamvürlekt-eš,tunamiževürjog-əžo.
stonehillfromwhenbloodspurt‑3SGthenonlybloodflow‑IMP.3SG
’Let there be bloodshed only when the rocks begin to bleed.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

(2)daalakuzeeretunamüž-eš,kunamške-m-ən=atžap-emšəgər.
andsomehowalwaysthencall‑3SGwhenself‑1SG‑GEN=PCLtime‑1SGbusy
’And somehow (s)he always calls when I have no time.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

(3)šken-d-əmušan-lanuž-m-etgodəmves-əmoradə-lani-tšotlo.
self‑2SG‑ACCclever‑DATsee‑PTCP.PASS‑2SGwhileother‑ACCfool‑DATNEG.IMP‑2SGcount.CNG
’When considering yourself smart, don’t consider others stupid.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 143)

(4)tud-əmjü-mekečəlan=atmotkočrušt-ən-ət.
that‑ACCdrink‑CVB.PRIeverybody=PCLveryget_drunk‑PST2‑3PL
’After they drank it, everybody got very drunk.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

In Meadow Mari, adverbial subordination can be expressed by a finite subordinate clause (1)–(2), or a non-finite construction (3)–(4). Finite subordination can either precede the main clause (1) or follow it (2), but non-finite constructions always precede the finite clause.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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