тендан

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From те (te) +‎ -н (-n, “genitive suffix”) +‎ -да (-da, “2nd person plural possessive suffix”) +‎ -н (-n, “genitive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɑn
• Hyphenation: тен‧дан

Pronoun

тендан • (tendan)

1. your, yours (plural and/or formal)

   тиде тендан

   tide tendan

   this is yours

Declension

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

pronouns

• те (te)

 

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “тендан”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna