This word treatment is used to group what are considered identical objects as one entity. Examples are:  Although it is tolerable in some cases, the use of "mga" before a noun applied with "ka- -an" is not necessary anymore. "ang mga kabata-an" (the children) is considered redundant, and "ang kabata-an" is more grammatically accurate. Because the use of "ka- -an" groups objects into one entity, there are cases that a word will mean a place of which the objects are frequently or usually found/exist. An example is:  2. There is this very rare case of which an adjective can be pluralized and the noun it described can be, but not necessarily, omitted. Example: the word "gamay" ('small') can be changed to "gagmay" ('small ones')in which "g" was inserted in between. The same can be applied to "dako" which means 'big', changing it to "dagko" (big ones). Other examples are:  This rule cannot be applied to all other adjectives. As a rule, Cebuano does not categorize nouns by gender. Natural gender are found in Spanish loans. Adjectives do not inflect for the plural. Common adjectives of measurement, however, have a plural form characterized by the infixation of /g/. In comparing two similar items, the comparative form indicates that one has a higher degree (or lower degree) of the quality expressed by the root, e.g., "bigger", "smaller", "greater", etc. The comparative degree is expressed in the following ways:  The comparative superlative indicates the maximum degree of the quality expressed in comparison to other items. In Cebuano this degree can be expressed by a prefix, "pinaka-" or by the use of the particle "labi" (most). The prefix and suffix "kina-" and "-an" can also be used together. The absolute superlative is the form used in exclamations, for example, ""How pretty you are!"", and denote the extreme quality of the root. It is formed by prefixing "pagka-" or "ka-" (short form) to the root. The subject follows in the "oblique". Examples:  To express intensity, adjectives are followed by "kaayo" (very). Examples:  The linker "nga" (pronounced /ŋa/) shows the relationship between modifiers to the head of the phrase.