Plural nouns are formed by adding suffixes to singular nouns. The most common suffixes are -s, -es, and -ies. However, there are many irregular plural nouns that do not follow typical patterns including man/men, person/people, and foot/feet. Borrowed words from other languages also sometimes form plurals irregularly. Knowing the typical patterns helps with regular nouns but memorization is needed for irregular plural nouns.
Plural nouns are formed by adding suffixes to singular nouns. The most common suffixes are -s, -es, and -ies. However, there are many irregular plural nouns that do not follow typical patterns including man/men, person/people, and foot/feet. Borrowed words from other languages also sometimes form plurals irregularly. Knowing the typical patterns helps with regular nouns but memorization is needed for irregular plural nouns.
Plural nouns are formed by adding suffixes to singular nouns. The most common suffixes are -s, -es, and -ies. However, there are many irregular plural nouns that do not follow typical patterns including man/men, person/people, and foot/feet. Borrowed words from other languages also sometimes form plurals irregularly. Knowing the typical patterns helps with regular nouns but memorization is needed for irregular plural nouns.
Regular nouns -s, -ch, -sh, -x, -z, vowel + y consonant + y
-s -es -s -ies Car – cars Bus – buses Day – days City – cities House – houses Match – matches Key – keys Baby – babies Apple – apples Dish – dishes Boy – boys Story – stories Dog – dogs Box – boxes Guy – guys Party – parties Book – books Quiz – quizzes Donkey – donkeys Country - countries
-f, -fe vowel + o consonant + o No change
-ves -s -es Leaf – leaves Zoo – zoos Hero – heroes Sheep Wolf – wolves Radio – radios Echo – echoes Deer Life – lives Stereo – stereos Tomato – Fish Knife – knives Video – videos tomatoes Series But: roof – roofs, Kangaroo – Potato – potatoes Species cliff - cliffs kangaroos But: Means Tattoo - tattoos piano – pianos, Offspring photo – photos, Shrimp auto – autos, kilo – kilos, radio – radios, solo – solos, soprano – sopranos
Irregular Nouns (неправильні іменники)
Man – men Person – people Foot – feet
Woman – women Mouse – mice Tooth – teeth Child – children Ox – oxen Goose – geese Borrowed words (запозичені слова)