NumSuffAn: Grammatical number is marked morphologically using analytic suffixes, (monoexponential; i.e., the prefix expresses only the number).
Singular, nominative | Plural, nominative | Singular, dative | Plural, dative |
anya ‘mother’ | anyá-k | anyá-nak | anyá-k-nak |
eladó ‘shop assistant’ | eladó-k | eladó-nak | eladó-k-nak |
gyík ‘lizard’ | gyík-ok | gyík-nak | gyík-ok-nak |
fa ‘tree’ | fá-k | fá-nak | fá-k-nak |
papír ‘paper’ | papír-ok | papír-nak | papír-ok-nak |
In Hungarian, the plural is marked by the -k suffix, which can be attached to every noun, irrespective of its rank in the animacy hierarchy (cf. Balogh 2000a: 185‒186, Kiefer 2003: 205). The case endings are analytical both in the singular and the plural, thus the same case suffixes are used.