In the Chinese language, plural nouns are addressed using several forms. In one form, some level of ambiguity is normally used. The meaning of the words are usually found in the greater context or clues in the general discourse. In some instances, the context usually precisely indicates the plural forms of nouns. A sentence like ‘yi xie xue sheng zai jiao shi’ is an example. In English, it translates to ‘there are some students in the classroom.’ In this example, the determiner is the word ‘some’. It is used to show that the class has several students.
Some of sentences do not have determiners and one is supposed to get the plural of the nouns themselves. An example is ‘lao shi zheng gei xue sheng jiang yi ge gu shi.’ The sentence translates to ‘teacher is narrating a tale to student.’ Plural nouns can be made by placing determiners or numerals before nouns. An example is ‘wu zhang zhuo zi’ meaning ‘five desks’ or by adding morphemes like men to some words. A sentence with this form can be like ‘ren men’ meaning ‘people.’