5PronCases: The pronominal case system has 5 cases.
case | én ‘I’ | ő ‘he/she/it’ |
nominative | am | taw |
accusative | ānum | tawe |
dative | ānum-n | tawe-n |
ablative | ānum-nǝl | tawe-nǝl |
comitative | ānum-tǝl | tawe-tǝl |
[based on Gerasimova (2009)]
In Northern Mansi, the case paradigm of personal pronouns is substantially different from the cases that nouns or non-personal pronouns can take. The case paradigm of pronouns is similar in the sense that both personal and non-personal pronouns have accusative and dative cases. However, personal pronouns do not have translative forms, while non-personal pronouns have them (Gerasimova 2009). The case endings (except for the nominative) are attached to a modified stem, which also serves as the accusative form of the personal pronoun.