(Meadow Mari)

NumSuffAn

NumSuffAn: Grammatical number is marked morphologically using analytic suffixes (monoexponential; i.e., the suffix expresses only the number).

(1)keče
day
’sun’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 70)

(2)keče-vlak
day‑PL
’days’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 70)

(3)keče-vlak-lan
day‑PL‑DAT
’to the days’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 70)

(4)keče-šaməč
day‑PL
’days’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 71)

(5)keče-šaməč-əm
day‑PL‑ACC
’days’ (Alhoniemi 1985: 71)

In the literary version of Meadow Mari and the central geographical region of the dialect the plural marker is -wlak. In several dialects another suffix with the same meaning, -šaməč can also be found (4). Number suffixes only express grammatical number (Alhoniemi 1985: 70-71).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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