Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular and Plural Nouns

There are several ways that nouns have singular and plural forms.  Some add the word ka (as in ka caa ‘cows’), nying (as in nying aburo ‘monkeys’) or nyi (as in nyi waya ‘aunts’) before the noun to show the plural of that noun. Some words add ji before the singular noun and jo before the plural noun (as in ji can ‘poor person’, jo can ‘poor people’). Nouns that are uncountable do not add any words (such as tɔl ‘rope’).