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The preferred choice would be to prefix the accusative to avoid the following vowel. However, in cases where both the previous word ends in a vowel and the next one begins with a vowel the word preceding usually has precedence. Although some dialects can show different patterns or uses. | The preferred choice would be to prefix the accusative to avoid the following vowel. However, in cases where both the previous word ends in a vowel and the next one begins with a vowel the word preceding usually has precedence. Although some dialects can show different patterns or uses. | ||
The only other | The only other inflection Tulvan nouns mark is number, with a plural suffix '''-n''' (for nouns with a final vowel) or '''-en''' (otherwise). So a word like ''utim'' "tree", would have a plural ''utimen'' "trees". This also applies for pronouns and verbs. | ||
*''Lev kwam utimen nus''. "I see the old trees" or "I look at the old trees." | *''Lev kwam utimen nus''. "I see the old trees" or "I look at the old trees." | ||
A distinction between "look" and "see" may be made by altering the pronoun.. | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||