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=== Noun class === As in other Bantu languages, Shikomor displays a noun class/gender system in which classes share a prefix. Classes 1 through 10 generally have singular/plural pairings. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Class !Prefix !Class !Prefix |- !1 |''m(u)-, mw'' !2 |''wa-'' |- !3 |''m(u)-,mw-'' !4 |''m(i)-'' |- !5 |''Γ-'' !6 |''ma-'' |- !7 |''shi-'' !8 |''zi-'' |- !9 |''Γ-'' !10 |''Γ-'' |- !10a |''ngu-'' !11 |''u-'' |} Classes 9 & 10 consists mainly of borrowed words, such as ''dipe'' (from French ''du pain'' 'some bread') and do not take prefixes. Class 7 & 8 and class 9 & 10 take on the same agreements in adjectives and verbs. Class 10a contains a very small amount of words, generally plurals of Class 11. Class 15 consists of verbal infinitives, much like English gerunds. {{Interlinear|Ufanya hazi njema|15.do work good|Working is good | abbreviations = 15:Class 15 }} Class 16 contains only two words, ''vahana'' and ''vahali'', both meaning 'place'. It was probably borrowed from Swahili ''pahali'', which was borrowed from Arabic ''mahal''. Class 17 consists of locatives with the prefix ''ha-'', and Class 18 consists of locatives with the prefix ''mwa-.''<ref name=":2" /><ref>Rombi, Mmie-Franyoise 1983. Le Shimaore Paris: SELAF.</ref>
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