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Examples
1. sister
my sister my sister
kà  pyón
my sister beautiful my beautiful sister
pyón cá my beautiful sisters
my sister beautiful pl.
2. tá  elder brother
my elder brother
tá mhm my good elder brother
tá mhm cá my good elder brothers
my elder brother good pl.
In case of all other nouns plural marker is added to the modifiers or to the noun phrase.

Examples

Singular

Plural

1. ótò tree ótò     cá trees
2. tshó  spear tshó   cá spears
3. s cloth s    cá clothes
4. h tooth h     cá teeth
ótòcá means ‘trees’ or ‘that trees’ or ‘those trees’ , same meaning can be given to all other nouns taking c¢áN. Examples of plural with other modifiers are as follows :

1. f this dog
   dog this 
   f á these dogs
   dog this-pl.
2. f mhm good dog
    dog  good
frò mhm c
dog good that -pl. 
those good dogs
3. árò c
child that
that child
árò cá
child that-pl.
those children
4. pnóy mh
teacher good
good teacher
pnóy mhm cá 
teacher good that-pl.
those good teachers
When a numeral attribute indicating the number is added to the noun, the plural marker is not added.
Examples
1. kákò
   
book
móts
one
one book
2. káò
   
book

two
two books
3. kákò
   
book
thm
three
three books

 

When a quantifier indicating a group or groups is used with the noun the plural marker is not added.

Examples
1. pnóy teacher
    pnóy tn group or groups of teachers
2. frò  dog
    frò tn group or groups of dogs
When a quantifier indicating a group is used with the pronoun the plural marker is not added.

 

 

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