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====Number ====
====Number ====
Number is usually determined by context, but plurality can be indicated by either joining a cardinal number, a quantifier, or the plural marker ''no'' before the noun. The noun is always linked to these modifiers by the ''si-'' connective, as in ''no si-kurashno'' "the girls".
Nouns do not inflect for number, is usually determined by context, but a numeral joined by the Connective ''si='' to its head noun can be used to indicate plurality, e.g.:
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = ôhi si-kurasno.
| IPA = /'o:ɦi ʃi ku'raʃno/
| morphemes = ôhi si kurasno
| gloss = two CONN girl
| translation = two girls
}}
 
If the noun is a core argument, then the copula obligatorily marks for number.
 
Example of a HA singular Agent acting on a LA singular Patient:
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = kurasno rompóy rayrokor nitá'.
| IPA = /ku'raʃno rom'poɪ 'raɪrokor nɪ'taʔ/
| morphemes = kurasno rompóy rayro=kor n-itá'
| gloss = girl dog play=EVID.HEAR MED.DIST.PST-COP.HAS+LAS
| translation = I heard that the girl played with the dog recently.
}}
 
Example of a HA plural Agent acting on a LA singular Patient:
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = kurasno rompóy rayrokor nintán.
| IPA = /ku'raʃno rom'poɪ 'raɪrokor nɪntán/
| morphemes = kurasno rompóy rayro=kor ni-n-tá-n
| gloss = girl dog play=EVID.HEAR MED.DIST.PST-HAP+LAS-COP-PL
| translation = I heard that the girls played with the dog recently.
}}
 
Example of a LA plural Agent acting on a HA singular Patient:
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = rompóy kurasno tarayrokor tānintá'.
| IPA = /romp'oɪ ku'raʃno ta'raɪrokor 'ta:nɪntáʔ/
| morphemes = rompóy kurasno ta=rayro=kor tā-n-in-tá'
| gloss = dog girl INV=play=EVID.HEAR INV.PL-MED.DIST.PST-HAS+LAP-COP
| translation = I heard that the dogs played with the girl recently.
}}
 
Example of a LA plural Agent acting on a HA plural Patient:
 
{{Gloss
|phrase = rompóy kurasno tarayrokor tānintan'.
| IPA = /romp'oɪ ku'raʃno ta'raɪrokor 'ta:nɪntan/
| morphemes = rompóy kurasno ta=rayro=kor tā-n-in-tá-n
| gloss = dog girl INV=play=EVID.HEAR INV.PL-MED.DIST.PST-HAP+LAP-COP-PL
| translation = I heard that the dogs played with the girls recently.
}}


===Quantifiers===
===Quantifiers===
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