When using the Khasi noun 'kali' (car), explain how its gender marker changes when referring to 'one car' versus 'many cars', and how this impacts agreement with an accompanying numeral or adjective.

When using the Khasi noun 'kali' (car), its gender marker changes based on number, impacting agreement with accompanying numerals and adjectives. Khasi assigns grammatical gender not to the noun itself, but to elements that modify or refer to it. The two primary grammatical genders are Masculine, marked by the prefix 'u-', and Feminine, marked by the prefix 'ka-'. When referring to 'one car', 'kali' is an inanimate singular object. In Khasi grammar, singular inanimate nouns are assigned Masculine gender. This impacts agreement by requiring acc....