NoCmpz: The language does not have subordinate clauses or complementizers.
CmpzSC: The complementizer appears at the front of the subordinate clause.
SCCmpz: The complementizer appears at the end of the subordinate clause.
SC~Cmpz: The complementizer appears in a position other than the front or end of the subordinate clause.
(1) χuń miša juw-śalt-ǝs, maša kon-kwāl-ǝs. When Misha in-step-pst.3sg Masha out-go-pst.3sg
‘When Misha entered, Masa left.’ (S. D.)
(2) ńawram-ǝt jol-χuj-ma-nǝl juji-pālt, lisa an-ǝt lowt-ǝs. child-pl down-lie-conv-3sg after Liza cup-pl wash-pst.3sg
‘After the children went to bed, Liza washed the dishes.’ (S. D.)
(3) miša ūs-n mina-s, kaŋk-e jot χontχat-ne maγǝs. Misa town-lat go-pst.3sg brother-3sg with meet-ptcp.prs because
‘Misha went to the town in order to see his brother.’ (S. D.)
(4) miša ūs-n ta urǝl mina-s, tot kaŋk-e jot χontχati. Misha town-lat that in_order_to go-pst.3sg there brothe-3sg with meet.prs.3sg
‘Misha went to the town in order to see his brother.’ (S. D.)
(5) at-ke wāγ-l-ǝn, am lāw-ēγ-um. not-if know-obj-2sg I say-prs-1sg
‘If you don’t know, I’ll tell you.’ (Kálmán 1976: 53)
(6) ti tot-n ūt-ǝn χotaľ-ke tot-ēγ-ǝn. this take-ptcp.prs thing-2sg where-if take-prs-2sg
‘You can take everything you want whereever you want.’ (Kálmán 1976: 70)
(7) pēnγǝltǝ-ne χotpa joχti-ke do_magic_tricks-ptcp.prs somebody come.prs.3sg-if
‘if somebody comes who would like to do magic tricks’ (Kálmán 1976: 70)
In Northern Mansi, those words, which can function as conjunctions (e.g. χuń ‘when’), are the first elements of the subordinate clause (1) (cf. Rombandeeva 1979: 135-140). However, the primary way of subordination is the use of participle/converb constructions (2). Rarely, constructions with other connective elements (3), (4) can also be used. The conditional conjunction -ke can never appear at the beginning of the clause (5), but it can be put before (6) or after (7) the predicate, in the latter case at the end of the sentence (Kálmán 1976: 65).
