In most languages plurals are formed by changing the end of the word. In Changana it’s the other way around. To form a plural a prefix is added to the beginning of the word. Have a look at the below table.

English singular	English plural	Changana singular	Changana plural
person	persons	munhu	vanhu
driver	drivers	mufambisi	vafambisi
boy	boys	mufana	vafana
horse	horses	hanci	mahanci
lemon	lemons	bomu	mabomu
book	books	buku	mabuku
hat	hats	xilembe	svilembe
cat	cats	xipixi	svipixi
train	trains	xitimela	svitimela

But how do you know which prefix is used for which word? This is related to the noun classes, the crucial part of Changana (and any other Bantu language). Read more