Occurrence of nominal plurality (Komi-Permyak)
OblPlmk
OblPlmk: Marking of nominal plurality is obligatory.
| (1) | nyvka | ors-ö | ötöryn. |
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| girl | play‑PRS.3SG | outside |
| ‘The girl is playing outside.’ (L. P.) |
| (2) | nyvka-ez | ors-öny | ötöryn. |
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| girl‑PL | play‑PRS.3PL | outside |
| ‘The girls are playing outside.’ (L. P.) |
| (3) | oš | jon. |
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| bear | strong |
| ‘The/a bear is strong.’ (L. P.) |
| (4) | oš-šez | jon-öś. |
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| bear‑PL | strong‑PL |
| ‘(The) bears are strong.’ (L. P.) |
| (5) | oťir | čöka | vovl-ö | tatćö. |
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| people | often | attend_regularly‑PRS.3SG | here |
| ‘People come here often.’ (L. P.) |
| (6) | oťir | čöka | vovl-öny | tatćö. |
|---|
| people | often | attend_regularly‑PRS.3PL | here |
| ‘People come here often.’ (L. P.) |
Marking of nominal plurality is obligatory in Komi-Permyak (1)–(4) (Bartens 2000: 72–75), however, the two nouns used to refer to people and groups of people, oťir and jöz are generally used in their singular forms with optional agreement on the verb (5)–(6) (cf. Ponomareva 2010).
Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás
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