Pluralization

A verb phrase can be pluralized by preceding it with the particle ma. Precisely, ma followed by a state means to be a set of entities that are all in that state. This set may contain any number of elements, including zero or one.

Unlike plurals in English, instantiating the ma plural form requires the use of a determiner. The following attempted translation of I hear people over there is incorrect (and nonsensical):

jeŋɪkoqanʊdwamamɪlnoy
jeŋɪkoqanʊdwamamɪlnoy
sɴssʙᴊIofthatdistantᴘʟpersonhear
“I hear to be distant people.”

Adding the indefinite determiner gives the intended meaning:

jeŋɪkoqazaza ⟨za⟩ — a; anindefinite determinernʊdwamamɪlnoy
jeŋɪkoqazanʊdwamamɪlnoy
sɴssʙᴊIofsomethatdistantᴘʟpersonhear
“I hear people over there. (I hear some people that are distant.)”