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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. | 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." (''Notice that as the word "utimen" begins with a 'u', the accusative mark can be elided''.) | ||
A distinction between "look" and "see" may be made by altering the pronoun. ''See below''. | A distinction between "look" and "see" may be made by altering the pronoun. ''See below''. | ||