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Noun declension

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In bonumuk to create plural form of any noun or even pronoun we add the -ed suffix

Enaret (Child) >Enareted (Children)

Mi (I) >Mied (We)

Tu (You)>Tued (You all)

And etc

Bonumuk also mark indirect objects with -de suffix , for example

I gave the coolie the luggage.

Mi tengenet-de enseted donunuj.

Here Tengenet (coolie) is the indirect object marked with -de.

But this rule has one exception , -de is used to mark pronoun as object no matter it is direct or indirect. For example

Mi tude hekunij.

I love you.

There are more suffixes also

-ku for possession in proper nouns, for example: E Rinaku domet (this is Rina's home).

-ete for marking physical locations, for example: Mied buryatete domongij (We live in the mountain).

-ede for marking mental states or emotional locations, for example: Mi nijenalketede dem (I am in depression).

-edre for marking something above or over something, for example: Jejiked buryatedre udentum ( Birds are flying over the mountain).

-adr is used for showing Dative case , for example : Mi kopif tuadr likunum (I am writing letter for you).