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When both adverbial object pronouns are used at once, they combine as <i>en b'</i> preverbally before vowels and ''n'y'' otherwise. | When both adverbial object pronouns are used at once, they combine as <i>en b'</i> preverbally before vowels and ''n'y'' otherwise. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Gender==== | |||
Nouns may be masculine or feminine. | |||
====Number==== | |||
Nouns may be singular or plural. Nouns may also be used in the dual, which is borrowed from Arabic. | |||
Nouns are pluralized based on their ending and gender as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ Plural of nouns based on ending and gender | |||
|- | |||
! width=100| Ending !! width=100| Gender !! width=100 | Plural !!width=100 | Dual !! Remarks | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2"| Consonant | |||
! M | |||
| ''-os'' || ''-én'' || An exception are nouns ending in ''-nt'' that do not refer to people. Such nouns are masculine in gender but take ''-es'' in the plural. | |||
! Stressed vowel | |||
! M/F | |||
| ''-s'' || ''-tén'' || These endings are added after the final vowel, which is left unchanged. | |||
|- | |||
|- | |||
! F; inanimate M in ''-nt'' | |||
| ''-es'' || ''-én'' || | |||
|- | |||
! ''-a'' | |||
! M/F | |||
| ''-es'' || ''-atén'' || Most words ending in ''-a'' are feminine. | |||
|- | |||
! ''-u''; ''-o'' | |||
! M/F | |||
| ''-os'' || ''-én'' || Most words ending in ''-u'' are masculine. Nouns ending in unstressed ''-o'' are rare. | |||
|- | |||
! ''-e''; ''-i'' | |||
! M/F | |||
| ''-es'' || ''-én'' || Nouns ending in unstressed ''-i'' are rare. | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||