Votian/Pronouns

== Pronouns ==

Paradigm

 *  All the forms marked with ? are yet nothing but hypothetical constructions. 

Numerals
 mitō sitō  - are declined like the XIII Declension: -m stems.

 me̮ne̮iZ  - is declined like the kūvve̮iZ .

 me̮ni  - is declined like the X Declension: -e stems.

Cases of  me̮ni  may be used instead of those of  me̮ne̮iZ .

 paĺĺo  ["many"] - is declined like the III Declension: -o stems.

 vähǟ  ["few"] - has no cases but instructive.

An adjective  vähäin  [" scarce "] - may be used instead it and declined like the XII Declension: -nen stems.

 je̮ka  [" each "] - is not declined.

An adjective  je̮kain  [" each "] - may be used instead it and declined like the XII Declension: -nen stems.

 koko  [" whole "] - is not declined.

Syntax

 * A simple descriptive question may be composed starting a sentence with an interrogative word. Often you may answer with one word or phrase.
 *  kuhē̮ ke̮rjazit tširvē ? 'Where did you hide the ax?' Luuditsa dialect
 *  sinne . 'Over there.'

You may answer with more informative words, than the general ones displayed in the table above.


 *   mitō   'how many' (? <* mitton <* mittom <* mittoma)
 *  mitō ussa  "How many doors?"
 *  mito entšiä, nī me̮nta end́ē māta, nī me̮nē̮ end́ē mā  "How many persons (how many  souls  can feed themselves on it), so many plots of allotment (so many soul-plots) there are, plots of so many souls." Mati dialect
 *  mittoma süöjɛä, sittoma luzikkā  "How many eaters, so many spoons (are there)." Pummala dialect
 *  mittomaлta sittomaлta on tšüzüttü  "Quite many people were asked." Kattila dialect
 *  ve̮ttaka sittömǟ silmiä ja mittömǟ miĺĺonia "Take so many eyes and many millions!" Jõgõperä dialect
 *  me̮nta päivǟ e̮li, sitō päivǟ i ōtte̮li  "How many days he spent there, as many days he was waiting."
 *  me̮ni suv̆vāb jūvva ūsia munnē̮  "Some people like to eat fresh eggs." Mati dialect
 *  me̮ne̮d bābuškat, tšed jumalā pitiväD, e̮livat ke̮лme̮t päivǟ sǖmättä  "Some grannies, who believed in God, did not eat three days." Jõgõperä dialect
 *  me̮nikkāl̄  pokoinikal̄   me̮nt entšiä idge̮p ǟleltä  "Someone, who has passed away, will be mourned aloud by many people." Kattila dialect
 *  kui me̮ne̮лt virstaлt tuлe̮B  "Comes from miles away!" Lempola dialect
 *  se pū me̮nī satoita vuosīta viez lieb e̮ллu  "This tree seems to be laying in water several hundreds of years." Lempola dialect
 *  tämä e̮li jo kui me̮ne̮z ̮ vē̮raZ  "Who knows how many guests had came before her already." Lempola dialect

Exercises

 * 1. Compose questions and answers using the examples of the Syntax chapter.