Number of pronominal cases (Surgut Khanty)

11PronCases: The pronominal case system has 11 cases.


Declension of singular personal pronouns (I, you, he/she/it)

Case

1sg

2sg

3sg

Nom.

nüŋ

ʌüw

Acc.

mānt

nüŋat

ʌüwat

Dat.

māntem

nüŋati

ʌüwati

Lat.

māntema

nüŋatina

ʌüwata

Loc.

mānə

nüŋnə

nüŋatinə

ʌüwnə

ʌüwatinə

Abl.

māntemi

nüŋatiji

ʌüwatiji

Appr.

māntemnam

nüŋatinam

ʌüwatinam

Transl.

māntemɣə

nüŋatinɣə

ʌüwatiɣə

Instr.

māntemat

nüŋatinat

ʌüwatiɣat

Com.

māntemnat

nüŋatinat

ʌüwatinat

Abess.

māntemʌəɣ

nüŋatinʌəɣ

ʌüwatiʌəɣ

(based on Honti 1977: 275–276. és Csepregi 1998: 24–25.)


The dual mīn ‘two of us’, nīn ‘two of you’, ʌīn ‘two of them’, and the plural mәŋ ‘we’, nәŋ ‘you’, ʌәɣ ‘they’ personal pronouns also have these 11 cases.

Author: 

Márta Csepregi