Wp/mrj/Merya nouns
Merya has 9 cases, which are used instead of prepositions. For example "пало" = village, "палосна" = in a village.
| Case | Case ending |
| nominative | - |
| Genetive | -n/-an |
| Partitive | -ta/da |
| Inessive | -sna/ssa/ššo |
| Illative | -s |
| ellative | sta |
| adessive | -lna/lla |
| allative | -l'/le |
| ablative | -lta |
| translative | -kš |
| vokative | -aj |
| abessive | -to/do |
| dative | -lan/len |
| accusative | -m/-am/-ym |
| comitative | -ge |
| prolative | -te |
| subessive | -nna |
| delative | -lta/-lda |
| plural | -k/-ak |
The ending -ka corresponds to finnish "kään/kaan" and the ending "ki" corresponds to Finnish -kin. They roughly mean "also, too, as well".
Examples:
- Кострома кундешшо илам.
- i live in the kostroma oblast.
- Те ерык ёнь шоран Мерянка-юкан нёро.
- These ponds are the floodplain of the river Meryanka
Possessives[edit]
| Ending | Merya | English |
|---|---|---|
| ем | пертем | my house |
| ет | пертет | your house |
| еш | пертеш | his house |
| амо | пертамо | our house |
| ато | пертато | your (plural) house |
| ашто | перташто | their house |
Possessive plural
| Endings |
|---|
| -ен |
| -ент |
| -енже |
| -ано |
| -анто |
| -ажно |
Words are formed: stem+number+possession+case
-k plural is not used in possessives