All Aninara nouns are technically uncountable mass nouns and do not inflect for number; instead, they agglutinate with classifiers--measure words--to express number. The most common measure words are /he/, which roughly means "a unit, an individual," and /ce/, "a group." Hence, singulars and plurals would usually present themselves in the form of "one unit of (noun)" or "one group of (noun)". Though quite different from English plurals, this concept is not totally alien; for example, phrases such as "one head of cattle" and "one piece of advice" exist in English also.
Indefinite - A word on its own
Word
Ani
Buga
Astur
Gloss
human
clothing
water
Meaning
"Humans in general, the abstract concept of humanity"
"Clothing in general"
"Water in general"
Singular: Word+Classifier (-ha, -hi)
Word
Aniha
Bugahi
Astur'i
Gloss
human-unit
clothing-unit
water-unit
Meaning
"A person" lit. "One unit of human"
"An item of clothing", "One unit of clothing"
"One body of water", lit. "One unit of water"
Countable: Word+Number+Classifier (-ha, -hi)
Word
Anisam'i
Bugasam'i
Astursam'i
Gloss
human-three-unit
clothing-three-unit
water-three-unit
Meaning
"Three people" lit. "Three units of human"
"Three items of clothing"
"Three bodies of water" lit. "Three units of water"
Aninara nouns do not inherently inflect for case; instead, they agglutinate with postpositions to express case. If a classifier exists, it is attached after the classifier.
Case
Article
Example
Topical/Intransitive
-∅, -ya
Nominative: the one who is performing the action
-ra -ga
This man kills that animal
Accusative: the one to whom the action is being done
