Adp=NNonGov: Adpositions do not behave like verbs. Their complements appear in base form without inflection.
Sasa with-3sg
‘with Sasa’ (S. D.)
he/she with-3sg
‘with him/her’ (S. D.)
Sasa for-3sg
‘for Sasa’ (S. D.)
he/she for-3sg
‘for him/her’ (S. D.)
In Northern Mansi, the complement of the postposition is always in its base form (1), (3). The case marking is evident from pronominal constructions (see (2) and (4)), which also require the nominative case, despite the fact that personal pronouns (unlike nouns) have accusative forms.