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 *'''Nominative''': Formed by removing any high tones in the word.
 *'''Genitive''': Any high tones in the word are removed, and a high tone is added to the final syllable.
-**Many nouns (especially feminine) also have an "indefinite genitive", which is formed with ''-eéd'', ''-aád'', or ''-oód''. ''-eéd'' is the most common, while ''-oód'' is used for nouns ending in -''o'' (which is dropped). ''-aád'' is mostly used to form ordinal numeral.
+**Many nouns (especially feminine) also have an "indefinite genitive", which is formed with ''-eéd'', ''-aád'', or ''-oód''. ''-eéd'' is the most common. ''-oód'' is used for plurals (especially after a cardinal number). ''-aád'' is mostly used to form ordinal numeral.
 ::e.g. ''dhár naagh<b>eéd</b>'' "women's clothes (in general)" vs. ''dhár naág'' "clothes of a (specific) woman"
+Special cases:
 *'''Plural''': Any high tones in the singular are removed, and only those of the plural suffixes are kept (which follow the same case patterns as the singular).
-*'''K/t determiners''': When a noun has a k/t determiner with a tone, only the tone of the determiner is affected. If it has no high tone in the absolutive (for example, the definite article), the word behaves as it would without the determiner.
+::e.g. ''nimoóyn'' "men (ABS)", ''nimooyn'' "men (NOM)", ''nimooýn'' "men (GEN)"
+*'''K/t determiners''': When a noun has a k/t determiner with a tone, only the tone of the determiner is affected. If it has no high tone in the absolutive, the word behaves as it would without the determiner.
+::e.g. Remote definite article: ''nínkíi'' "the man (ABS)", ''nínkii'' "the man (NOM)", ''nínkií'' "the man (GEN)"
+:::Regular definite article: ''nínki'' "the man (ABS)", ''ninki'' "the man (NOM)", ''nínki'' "the man (GEN)"
 ===Particles===