Plural information for Ojibwe

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The plural forms of Ojibwe are similar to English, with one form for n==1, and another for n!=1.

However, there is an added complication when applied to pronouns. Wikipedia has a good copy of the explanation of this, which is as follows:
"Ojibwe pronouns, along with distinguishing singular and plural number and first, second, third, and fourth (obviative) persons, also carry a distinction between inclusive and exclusive first person plural. Pronouns may present themselves either as independent words or as series of prefixes and suffixes.

An inclusive first person plural indicates that the pronoun includes the addressee, i.e., "we including you" (giinawind). An exclusive first person plural indicates that the addressee is not included, i.e., "we excluding you" (niinawind).

The other personal pronouns are the first singular niin, second singular giin, third singular wiin, second plural giinawaa, and third plural wiinawaa.

Like the independent words, Ojibwe pronominal prefixes indicate first person with n-, second person with g- and third person with w-. However, the associated suffixes for these persons will be different depending on if the word is a verb or a noun."

Further detail is available on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe_grammar

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Henning Eggers (henninge) said :
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Ah, sorry, I did not see this question. Please ignore my request in the other question ;-)

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