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**Unlike with other nominals, the verb can occur in the plural - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku ma yarkínon'' "that he did not see you" | **Unlike with other nominals, the verb can occur in the plural - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku ma yarkínon'' "that he did not see you" | ||
*''-m'' (Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi''): Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to ''the one''. Its meaning overlaps with that of the definite article, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "the tall (one)" | *''-m'' (Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi''): Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to ''the one''. Its meaning overlaps with that of the definite article, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "the tall (one)" | ||
**When the word ends in a consonant, an epenthetic ''-i-'' is inserted - e.g. ''labim'' "the male" | |||
===Attributives=== | ===Attributives=== | ||