▁speaker ▁of ▁the ▁language , ▁it ▁is ▁really ▁hard ▁to ▁know ▁for ▁sure ▁if ▁words ▁are ▁animate ▁or ▁in animate . ▁ ▁An imate ▁words ▁refer ▁to ▁humans , ▁animals , ▁general ▁living ▁cre atures , ▁also ▁including ▁some ▁plants ▁and ▁some ▁personal ▁belong ings ▁such ▁as ▁p ants ▁and ▁s led . ▁To ▁indicate ▁the ▁pl ural ▁you ▁add ▁suffix ▁- ich , ▁or ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁when ▁the ▁word ▁ends ▁with ▁a ▁w , ▁you ▁drop ▁the ▁w ▁and ▁add ▁- uch . ▁ ▁Some ▁more ▁examples ▁of ▁An imate ▁words ▁are , ▁▁▁ ▁In animate ▁In animate ▁pl ural ▁is ▁indicated ▁by ▁suffix ▁- h . ▁▁▁ ▁Number ▁As ▁shown ▁above ▁we ▁can ▁see ▁that ▁the ▁Number ▁is ▁dependent ▁on ▁the ▁G ender ▁therefore ▁if ▁we ▁have ▁an ▁An imate ▁word ▁then ▁the ▁ending ▁for ▁the ▁pl ural ▁will ▁be ▁ich ▁in ▁most ▁cases ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁when ▁the ▁word ▁ends ▁in ▁a ▁w ▁the ▁ending ▁will ▁be ▁u ch ▁after ▁you ▁drop ▁the ▁w . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁for ▁In animate ▁words ▁the ▁ending ▁to ▁indicate ▁the ▁pl ural ▁will ▁be ▁adding ▁an ▁h ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁word . ▁ ▁Person ▁to ▁indicate ▁possession , ▁n oun ▁st ems ▁take ▁a ▁personal ▁prefix . ▁In ▁East ▁C ree ▁there ▁are ▁Independent ▁and ▁Dep endent ▁n oun s . ▁ ▁Independent ▁n oun s ▁are ▁ones ▁that ▁can ▁appear ▁without ▁personal ▁prefix es . ▁Therefore , ▁they ▁can ▁stand ▁alone ▁as ▁a ▁word , ▁and