(Udmurt)

AdNumNoCase & AdNum=NCase & PronNum=NCase

AdNumNoCase: Adnominal numerals are not inflected. (No numeral agreement.)

AdNum=NCase: Adnominal numerals are inflected the same as the nouns they modify. (Total numeral agreement.)

PronNum=NCase: Pronominal numerals are inflected the same as the nouns they replace.

(1)viťkńiga-ly
fivebook‑DAT
’for five books’ (Perevoshchikov et al. 1962: 148)

(2)viť-ez-leśkolxozńik-leś
five‑DET‑ABLkolkhoz_worker‑ABL
’from (the) five kolkhoz workers’ (Perevoschikov et al. 1962: 148)

(3)viť-jos-yz-leśkolxozńik-jos-leś
five‑PL‑DET‑ABLkolkhoz_worker‑PL‑ABL
’from (the) five kolkhoz workers’ (Perevoshchikov et al. 1962: 149)

(4)kyk-azikinty-os-y…
two‑ILL.DETPCLplace‑PL‑ILL
’into both places’ (Strelkova 2011: 89)

(5)…15murtpölyśkuiń-zebyrj-i-zy.
15personout_ofthree‑DET.ACCchoose‑PST‑3PL
’… out of 15 people they chose three.’ (Tuala udmurt gožjaśkiśjos: Ada Zaitovna Dieva)

In Udmurt cardinal numerals do not agree with the noun they modify (1), with the exception of numerals with a determinative suffix, which agree in case (2)–(4), and sometimes even number (3). Cardinals numbers substituting whole noun phrases inflect for case the same way as nouns do (5).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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