It is useful to know about plurals in Hul'q'umi'num' but you will usually be understood if you use the basic (singular) forms. There are many different ways of forming plurals in Hul'q'umi'num'. One of the most common ways is by adding an infix -l-. (An infix goes into the middle of a word.)

	q'e'mi'	teenage girl		q'e'lum'i'	teenage girls
	kupou	coat		kulupou	coats
	stth'am'	bone		stth'alum'	bones
	hwunitum'	white person		hwulunitum'	white people
	shelh	door, road		she'ullh	doors, roads
	patun	sail, rag		pa'ultun or pa'lutun	sails, rags
	pout	boat		pou'ult or pou'lut	boats
	stqeeye'	wolf		stulqeeye'	wolves
	lutem	table		lulutem	tables

The sound [i] usually goes to [e] in this pattern.

situn

basket

se'ultun

baskets