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b) Class 2 nouns are countable. They have an inherent plural number. They take the singulative suffix -me (-m) to form the singular. NB: -m is a word-final allomorph of -me employed after a short vowel. | b) Class 2 nouns are countable. They have an inherent plural number. They take the singulative suffix -me (-m) to form the singular. NB: -m is a word-final allomorph of -me employed after a short vowel. | ||
c) Class 3 nouns are countable have no inherent number. This class comprises all countable monosyllabic nouns and many countable loan words. They must take the singulative suffix in the singular and the plurative suffix in the plural. | c) Class 3 nouns are countable but have no inherent number. This class comprises all countable monosyllabic nouns and many countable loan words. They must take the singulative suffix in the singular and the plurative suffix in the plural. | ||
d) Class 4 nouns are non-countable. They may optionally take singulative to indicate a small part of the whole or the plurative to indicate many parts of the whole. | d) Class 4 nouns are non-countable. They may optionally take singulative to indicate a small part of the whole or the plurative to indicate many parts of the whole. | ||
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|Class 1||yes||no||yes | |Class 1||yes||no||yes | ||
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| Class 2 || yes||yes||no | |Class 2 || yes||yes||no | ||
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| Class 3 ||yes||yes|| yes | |Class 3 ||yes||yes|| yes | ||
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|Class 4||no||optional||optional | |Class 4||no||optional||optional | ||