ndị: Plural for People

Level 1

Ndị + noun: more than one person.

How It Works

Ndị makes a group of people.

Singular	Group
onye nkuzi teacher	ndị nkuzi teachers
enyi friend	ndị enyi friends
onye ahịa trader	ndị ahịa traders

It also appears with a and ahụ: ndị a “these people”, ndị ahụ “those people”. A speaker can use ndị with a place or family: ndị Enugwu “the people of Enugu”.

The verb does not change for a group, so the same na-eri is used for one or many.

Examples (4)

ndị nkuzi
teachers
Ndị marks the group.
ndị enyi
friends
Ndị goes before the noun.
Ndị nkuzi na-agụ akwụkwọ.
The teachers are reading.
The verb does not change.
ndị ahịa
traders, customers
Ndị plus ahịa.

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ndị: Plural for PeopleLevel 1

Learn This First

Ndị marks the plural for people in a language with no plural ending, so that row comes first.

Nouns With No Plural Ending
Know that most nouns have no plural ending, because ndị is the plural word placed before nouns for people: ndị enyi “friends”.
Level 1

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