| MASCULINE | FEMININE | ||
| laláqui | (male person) | babaye | (woman) |
| lalaquí | (male not person) | babayé | (female not person) |
| amay | (father) | iróy | (mother) |
| bána | (husband) | asáua | (wife) |
| bata | (uncle) | dadâ | (aunt) |
| baylo | (brother in law) | hipág | (sister in law), etc. |
Examples of gramatical gender:
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| dudoy[50] | duday |
| tutoy | tutay |
| idoy | iday |
| intoy | inday |
| mano | mana |
| manoy | manáy |
| manong | manang[51] |
| tío | tía[52], etc. |
Number
The plural is determined by the particle mga or by those for collectives as formerly seen[53], or by the interfix g among the adjectives. Examples:
- of táuo (man) “mg̃a táuo,” or “catauóhan” (men),
- of dacò (large), dagcò (large, plural). [[41]]
- of matam-is (sweet), magtam-is (sweet, plural),
- of hatáas (high), hagtáas (high, plural).
When the noun is preceded by numeral adjectives, the singular keeps its form, as
- usá ca táuo (one man), napulò ca tauo (ten men),
- usá ng̃a baláy (one house), calim’an ng̃a baláy (fifty houses).
Some adjectives do not admit the interfix g, for euphonical reason, as
- of hubyà (lazy), mg̃a hubya, not húgbyà, etc.