in nouns is realized through suffixes: isâni "child" – isâni-gu "children" wügüri "man" – wügüri-ña "men" hiñaru "woman" – hiñáru-ñu "women" itu "sister" – ítu-nu "sisters" The plural of Garífuna is Garínagu. Possession Possession on nouns is expressed by personal prefixes: ibágari "life" n-ibágari "my life" b-ibágari "your (singular) life" l-ibágari "his life" t-ibágari "her life" wa-bágari "our life" h-ibágari "your (plural) life" ha-bágari "their life" Verb For the Garifuna verb, the grammatical tense, grammatical aspect, grammatical mood, negation, and person (both subject and object) are expressed by affixes, partly supported by particles. The paradigms of grammatical conjugation are numerous. Examples The conjugation of the verb alîha "to read" in the present continuous tense: n-alîha-ña "I am reading" b-alîha-ña "you (singular) are reading" l-alîha-ña "he is reading" t-alîha-ña "she is reading" wa-lîha-ña "we are reading" h-alîha-ña "you (plural) are reading" ha-lîha-ña "they are reading" The conjugation of the verb alîha "to read" in the simple present tense: alîha-tina "I read" alîha-tibu "you (singular) read" alîha-ti "he reads" alîha-tu "she reads" alîha-tiwa "we read" alîha-tiü "you (plural) read" alîha-tiñu "they (masculine) read" alîha-tiña "they (feminine) read" There are also some irregular verbs. Numerals From "3" upwards, the numbers of Garifuna are exclusively of French origin and are based on the vigesimal system, which, in today's French, is apparent at "80": 1 = aban 2 = biñá, biama, bián 3 = (< ) 4 = gádürü (< quatre) 5 = seingü (< cinq) 6 = sisi (< six) 7 = sedü (< sept) 8 = widü (< huit) 9 = nefu (< neuf) 10 = dîsi (< dix) 11 = ûnsu (< onze) 12 = dûsu (< douze) 13 = tareisi (< treize) 14 = katorsu (< quatorze) 15 = keinsi (< quinze) 16 = dîsisi, disisisi (< "dix-six" → seize) 17 = dîsedü, disisedü (< dix-sept) 18 = dísiwidü (< dix-huit) 19 = dísinefu (< dix-neuf) 20 = wein (< vingt) 30 = darandi (< trente) 40 = biama wein (< 2 X vingt → quarante) 50 = dimí san (< "demi cent" → cinquante) 60 = ürüwa wein (< "trois-vingt" → soixante) 70 = ürüwa wein dîsi (< "trois-vingt-dix" → soixante-dix) 80 = gádürü wein (< quatre-vingt) 90 = gádürü wein dîsi (< quatre-vingt-dix) 100 = san (< cent) 1,000 = milu (< mil) 1,000,000 = míñonu (< engl. ?) The use of French borrowings rather than Carib or Arawak