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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". | 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". | ||
===Quantifiers=== | |||
kamun = "all" | |||
=== Interrogatives === | === Interrogatives === | ||
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''Pôh'' is much lower in the Animacy Heirarchy, classified just above Sessiles. | ''Pôh'' is much lower in the Animacy Heirarchy, classified just above Sessiles. | ||
''Yôri-'' is always prefixed to the noun it modifies and can never appear as an independent word. If necessary, it can be prefixed to ''pôh'' and ''ra' '' (''yôripoh'' and ''yôra' '') in order to avoid repeating its host noun, or in cases where the target NP contains more than one noun class or type (e.g. a mix of men and women). | ''Yôri-'' is always prefixed to the noun it modifies and can never appear as an independent word. If necessary, it can be prefixed to ''pôh'' and ''ra' '' (''yôripoh'' and ''yôra' '') in order to avoid repeating its host noun, or in cases where the target NP contains more than one noun class or type (e.g. a mix of men and women). | ||
=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||