Direct and indirect objects are marked on the verb with a series of affixes that immediately precede the root. The object affixes are first person "-n-/-ni-"; second person "-p-/-pi-" and for the third person either Ø or ī. The affixes only mark for person, not for number of the object. In independent verbs plural object is marked with the affix -""-, in dependent verbs a plural object is marked by a change in the root shape. An affix -"li"- indicates a diminutive object.