It is possible to internally modify noun roots in Halkomelem for the plural, the diminutive, and the diminutive plural. Compare: "hand" "hands" "little hand" "little hands" A few nouns may have resultative forms. They do not have progressive forms, but they may be made into a verb with a verbalizing affix and then express this form. Adjectives Similar to noun roots, adjective roots can be internally modified for plural, diminutive, and diminutive plural. They can only have progressive forms if made into verbs by means of a verbalizing affix. "white" "white" (PL) Complex adjectives are formed from adjective roots and lexical suffixes. "large bird" Affixes Halkomelem contains prefixes, suffixes, and infixes. All infixes of the language have been described in the preceding sections. Affixes are typically divisible into inflectional or derivational and grammatical or lexical categories, depending on their involvement in paradigms and meaning, however, a number of Halkomelem affixes mix these categories. Suttles (2004) identifies the following classes of suffixes and prefixes; a sampling of these affixes follow. Non-personal affixes Suffixes of the voice system Transitive: /-t/ /-nəxʷ/ /-x/ "transitive" Intransitive: /-əm/ "intransitive," /-éls/ "activity" (compare "get buried," "bury it," "plant," and "bury something") Causative: /-stəxʷ/ "causative" Permissive: /-s/ "let," as in "let him go" or "let it be" Applicative: /-nəs/ "goal" (e.g. as in "go after him"), /-ném/ "go" Reflexive: /-θət/ "oneself," /-námət/ "oneself (limited control)" Reciprocal: /-təlʼ/ "each other" Subordinate passive: /-ət/ "subordinate passive" Aspectual and modal affixes Aspectual prefixes: /wə-/ "established," wəɬ- "already" Modal suffixes: /-ə́lmən/ "want to, intend to, seem about to" Derivational affixes Affixes with purely grammatical meaning Nominalizing prefix: /s-/ "nominalize (verbs and adjectives)" Verbalizing affixes (combine grammatical and lexical meaning): /c-/ "get, make, do, go to," ɬ- "partake of," /txʷ-/ "buy," /-à·l/ "travel by" Lexical prefixes: /mə-/ "come," /tən-/ "from" Lexical suffixes Body parts: /-aqʷ/ "head" Common artifacts: /-wət/ "canoe" Natural phenomena: /-ətp/ "plant, tree" Personal affixes Possessive affixes The following table lists the possessive affixes which appear in attributive possessive structures in Halkomelem. Possession is marked either on the possessed noun (the head) or the word preceding it through these affixes. Together with the appearance of affixes, possession also requires a structural component, in that the possessor of the head is found to the right of the head. The possessor is always preceded by a determiner, although depending on the noun class, it can also appear with an oblique case marker.