тудо
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Eastern Mari
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]тудо • (tudo)
- well, of course (emphatic particle)
- мурет тудо, кузе от муро
- muret tudo, kuze ot muro
- of course you'll sing, how couldn't you?
Pronoun
[edit]тудо • (tudo)
- (personal) he, she
- тудо мыняр ияш?
- tudo myńar ijaš?
- how old is (s)he?
- (personal) that, it
- тудо кӧ?
- tudo kö?
- who's that?
- (s)he (who...)
- кӧ пашам ок ыште, тудо ок коч
- kö pašam ok yšte, tudo ok koč
- he who does not work, shall not eat
Declension
[edit]| Personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | genitive | dative | |
| 1st sg | мый (myj) | мыйым (myjym) | мыйын (myjyn) | мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) |
| 2nd sg | тый (tyj) | тыйым (tyjym) | тыйын (tyjyn) | тыланет (tylańet) ~ мылат (mylat) |
| 3rd sg | тудо (tudo) | тудым (tudym) | тудын (tudyn) | тудлан (tudlan) |
| 1st pl | ме (me) | мемнам (memnam) | мемнан (memnan) | мыланна (mylanna) |
| 2nd pl | те (te) | тендам (tendam) | тендан (tendan) | тыланда (tylanda) |
| 3rd pl | нуно (nuno) | нуным (nunym) | нунын (nunyn) | нунылан (nunylan) |
| *) There are two forms for personal pronouns in the first and second persons singular in the dative: мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) and тыланет (tylańet) ~ тылат (tylat). There is no overt difference in usage between the two forms. The nominative forms мый (myj) and mый (myj) also have long forms, мые and тые (tyje); these are typically encountered in poetic speech. | ||||
Related terms
[edit]pronouns
- нуно (nuno)
References
[edit]- J. Bradley et al. (2023) “тудо”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna