The one exception to the rigidness about dual number is in the case of the pronoun asmad (I/we): Sanskrit grammar permits one to use the plural number for asmad even if the actual number of objects denoted is one or two (this is similar to the "royal we"). For example, while "ahaṃ bravīmi", "āvāṃ brūvaḥ" and "vayaṃ brūmaḥ" are respectively the singular, dual and plural forms of "I say" and "we say", "vayaṃ brūmaḥ" can be used in the singular and dual sense as well.