Formation of Plural Nouns
| To make a noun plural, you usually add an -s. But there are some exceptions: |
Sing. | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| If a noun already ends in an -s, add nothing. | bus(es) | le bus | les bus |
| If a noun ends in -eu or -eau, add an x. | boat(s) | le bateau | les bateaux |
| If a masculine noun ends in -al or -ail, change it to -aux. | horse(s) | le cheval | les chevaux |
| Some nouns ending in -ou add an -x instead of -s. | knee(s) | le genou | les genoux |
There are, of course, some weird exceptions: un il (eye)
- des yeux (eyes); le ciel (sky) - les cieux (skies);
and un jeune homme (a young man) - des jeunes gens (young men).
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Indo-European Languages