Karelian

Conjugate Verbs

Facts

  • Language: Karelian
  • Alternate names: Karely, Karelian Proper, Sobstvenno-Karel'skij-Jazyk, Severno-Karel'skij, Karel'skiy Jazyk
  • Language code: krl
  • Language family: Uralic, Finnic, Coastal Finnic, Neva, North Finnic, Ladogan
  • Number of speakers: 128000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened [Read more...]
  • Script: Latin script

More information:

    Introduction

    Birch bark letter
    The Birch bark letter given the document number 292 is the oldest known document in any Baltic-Finnic language

    Karelian is a language closely related to Finnish, with which it is not necessarily mutually intelligible. Karelian is spoken mainly in Republic of Karelia, Russia.

    The Birch bark letter, dated to the beginning of the 13th century, is the oldest known document in any Baltic-Finnic language. The language used in the document is thought to be an archaic form of the language spoken in Olonets Karelia, a dialect of the Karelian language.

    The Verb

    Verb conjugation of Karelian follows to a great extent that of Finnish.

    The Karelian verb is conjugated in:

    Sample verb: andua 'to give'

    INDICATIVE POTENTIAL CONDITIONAL IMPERATIVE
    Present Past
    Sg.1 minä annan annoin andanen andazin -
    Sg.2 sinä annat annoit andanet andazit anna
    Sg.3 häi andau andoi andanou andas andakkah
    Dual 2 - - - - - andakka
    Pl.1 myö annamma annoimma andanemma andazimma -
    Pl.2 työ annatta annoitta andanetta andazitta annakua
    Pl.3 hyö annetah annetih annettaneh annettas andakkah

    See also

    Verblist

    Verblists