Agreement of predicative adjectives (Surgut Khanty)

PredAdjNumAgr: Predicative adjectives show only number agreement.


(1) lēńik säwəmsi qorasəp, tōppə jūɣ-ʌ-aʌ čӯməʌ oɣr-ət, pānə

bog bilberry common bilberry similar only stem-pl-3sg little tall-pl and

lӯpət-ʌ-aʌ wāť-ət, qow-ət.

leaf-pl-3sg slender-pl long-pl

’The bog bilberry is similar to the common bilberry, only its stem is taller and its leaves are longer and more slender.’ (Pesikova et al. 1996: 83.)


(2) soɣ-am wərtə, os kür-ɣəʌ-am pəɣta-ɣən.

I fur-1sg red and leg-du-1sg black-du

’My fur is red and my two legs are black.’ (Pesikova et al. 1996: 121.)

Author: 

Márta Csepregi