Editing Nubi language (section)

=== Nominals ===
[[Noun]]s are [[Inflection|inflected]] by [[Grammatical number|number]] only (taking a singular or plural form) although for most nouns this does not represent a [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphological]] change. Jonathan Owens gives 5 broad [[Inflection|inflectional categories]] of nouns:<ref name=":0" />
# Nouns which undergo a stress shift when the plural is formed.
# Nouns which undergo [[apophony]].
# Nouns which take a suffix and undergo a stress shift in the plural form.
# Nouns which form the plural by [[suppletion]]
# [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] [[Loanword|loan-words]] which take different prefixes in the singular and plural forms
The table below shows examples of each type of pluralisation. The apostrophe has been placed before the stressed syllable:<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
!Type of 
Pluralisation
!Singular Form
!Plural Form
!English Translation
|-
|1
|yo'wele
|yowe'le
|boy(s)
|-
|2
|ke'bir
|ku'bar
|big [thing(s)]
|-
|3
|'tajir
|taji'rin
|rich person(s)
|-
|3
|'seder
|sede'ra
|tree(s)
|-
|4
|'marya
|nus'wan
|woman / women<sup>1</sup>
|-
|5
|muze
|waze
|old man / old men
|}
<sup>1</sup>{{lang|kcn|Nuswan}} may be supplemented by a suffix as if it were type 3, thus, {{lang|kcn|nuswana}} could also mean ''"women".''<ref name=":0" />

[[Adjective]]s follow the noun and some adjectives have singular and plural forms which must agree with the noun. Adjectives may also take the prefixes {{lang|kcn|al}}, {{lang|kcn|ali}}, {{lang|kcn|ab}} or {{lang|kcn|abu}} which mark them as [[Habitual aspect|habitual]]. Possessor nouns follow the possessed, with a particle {{lang|kcn|ta}} placed in between. In the case of [[inalienable possession]] the particle is omitted.<ref name=":0" />