ащемс

Moksha

Etymology

Believed to be cognate with Finnish asema, Estonian ase; asuma (“place; to be located”), Komi-Zyrian ӧз-, ӧзын (öz-, özyn, “berth; pier, dock (for parking boats)”), Northern Sami [Term?] (е̄сскэ, “to stop over, settle (temporarily)”), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (ŋäeso-, “to stop and set up a chum (~ tipi)”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

ащемс • (aščems)

(intransitive) to be (to be located or situated in a particular place)
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  аще/мс, -сь находиться; сидеть в тюрьме
  ašče / ms , -ś nahoďiťśa; śiďeť v ťuŕme
  to be [located somewhere] to be [located somewhere]; to sit in prison [in Russian]
  
  А тон кода эрят-ащат?
  A ton koda eŕat- aščat ?
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  
  Универмагсь, гастрономсь ащихть...
  Uńivermagś, gastronomś aščihť ...
  The department store, deli are located...
  
  Коса ащи универмагсь, гастрономсь?
  Kosa ašči uńivermagś, gastronomś?
  Where is the department store, deli located?
  
  Инголенк ащесть кафта ведаркат. Васенцеса ульсть марьхть, омбоцеса — шукшторуфт
  Ingoľenk aščeśť kafta vedarkat. Vaśeńćesa uľśť maŕhť, omboćesa — šukštoruft
  In front of us [there] were two buckets. In [the] first one [there] were apples, in the second one — currant.
(intransitive) to stand
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  аще/мс, -сь стоять
  ašče / ms , -ś stojať
  to stand to stand [in Russian]
  
  постой! ожу! ащек!
  postoj ! ožu! ašček !
  wait, stop! [in Russian] wait, stop!
(intransitive) to sit
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
  сидеть аще/мс озада
  śiďeť ašče / ms ozada
  to sit [in Russian] to sit
  
  арьсесь озада ащемста
  aŕśeś ozada aščemsta
  was thinking while sitting
  
  Ожу, ащек аф ламняс!
  Ožu, ašček af lamńas!
  Wait, sit for a moment!

Conjugation

Subjective conjugation of ащемс

	Present / future
1^st singular — мон (mon)	ащан (aščan)
2^nd singular — тон (ton)	ащат (aščat)
3^rd singular — сон (son)	ащи (ašči)
1^st plural — минь (miń)	ащетяма (aščeťama)
2^nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	ащетяда (aščeťada)
3^rd plural — синь (śiń)	ащихть (aščihť)
	Past I
1^st singular — мон (mon)	ащень (aščeń)
2^nd singular — тон (ton)	ащеть (aščeť)
3^rd singular — сон (son)	ащесь (aščeś)
1^st plural — минь (miń)	ащеме (aščeme)
2^nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	ащeде (aščeďe)
3^rd plural — синь (śiń)	ащесть (aščeśť)
	Compound future
1^st singular — мон (mon)	карман ащема (karman aščema)
2^nd singular — тон (ton)	кармат ащема (karmat aščema)
3^rd singular — сон (son)	кармай ащема (karmaj aščema)
1^st plural — минь (miń)	карматама ащема (karmatama aščema)
2^nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	карматада ащема (karmatada aščema)
3^rd plural — синь (śiń)	кармайхть ащема (karmajhť aščema)
	Imperative
2^nd singular — тон (ton)	ащек (ašček)
2^nd plural — тинь (ťiń)	ащеда (aščeda)
	Non-finite forms
verbal noun	ащема (aščema)
past passive participle	—
agentive / pres. act. part.	ащи (ašči)
present passive participle	—

Subjective conjugation in other moods is possible.
Objective conjugation is possible for transitive verbs, see, for example, кундамс (kundams).

Derived terms

ащема (aščema)
ащекшнемс (aščekšńems)

References

^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 24

[1] Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 24

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