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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Compared to verb inflection, noun inflection in Rttirri is fairly simple.
Compared to verb inflection, noun inflection in Rttirri is fairly simple.
All nouns are pluralized with ''-ma'', and this suffix is maintained when a specific number is used. However, the plural suffix eliminates the need for any inflection on determiners or adjectives.
:''irtu hhike''
:tree that
:that tree
:''irtu-'''ma''' symui kuiui hhike na-fuka-pu''
:tree-PL tall five that 1SG.GEN-yard-LOC
:those five tall trees in my garden


Nouns have no grammatical gender, although the affix ''-kasi'' can be optionally used to explicitly "switch" their natural gender. Typically, masculinity is assumed, but there are exceptions.
Nouns have no grammatical gender, although the affix ''-kasi'' can be optionally used to explicitly "switch" their natural gender. Typically, masculinity is assumed, but there are exceptions.
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