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Forming Plurals
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you learn to deal with nouns, seeing as to how they
are all masculine or feminine. |
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go back and look at the Introduction
to Gender page first. After reviewing that page,
hit the "back" button, and come back to this page. |
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that we know about masculine & feminine, let's
look at making the words plural (more than one). |
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| Formation
of plurals |
| If
a noun ends in a vowel [a, e, i, o, u] add
an " S " !!! |
| cama |
lente |
colibrí |
perro |
emeu |
| camas |
lentes |
colibrís |
perros |
emeus |
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| If
a noun ends in any other letter, add an
" ES " !!! |
| edad |
reloj |
papel |
conductor |
mar |
| edades |
relojes |
papeles |
conductores |
mares |
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If
a noun ends in a consonant, and contains
an accented final syllable, the accent
will disappear in the plural form - because
the addition of the -es will shift the
natural stress to the next-to-last-syllable
anyway!!! |
| cajón |
nación |
ratón |
pelón |
león |
| cajones |
naciones |
ratones |
pelones |
leones |
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| If
a noun ends in " Z ", the Z changes to a
" C " !!! Why? |
| lombriz |
codorniz |
cicatriz |
lataz |
lápiz |
| lombrices |
codornices |
cicatrices |
lataces |
lápices |
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Go
through all sections of the pronunciation
guide a few times, if you feel confused about
the pronunciation of any word or spellings. |
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| If
you thoroughly understand the rules you just covered, do
these exercises: |
 To
form the plural in Spanish: |
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Add
an S to
any noun ending in a,
e,
i,
o,
or u. |
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Add
ES to
all others. |
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the nouns in the left column to the plural. Hi-lite
the center cell to see if you're correct.
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co
mi da |
co
mi das |
meal
(s) |
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pa
pel |
pa
pe les |
paper
(s) |
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ac
ción |
*
ac cio nes |
action
(s) |
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u
ni ver si dad |
u
ni ver si da des |
university
(ies) |
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ra
na |
ra
nas |
frog
(s) |
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cuar
to |
cuar
tos |
room
(s) |
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pa
red |
pa
re des |
wall
(s) |
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pro
fe sor |
pro
fe so res |
professor
(s) |
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lá
piz |
**
lá pi ces |
pencil
(s) |
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cla
se |
cla
ses |
class
(es) |
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ga
to |
ga
tos |
cat
(s) |
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lom
briz |
**
lom bri ces |
worm
(s) |
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pe
dal |
pe
da les |
petal
(s) |
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mi
sión |
*
mi sio nes |
mission
(s) |
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fri
jol |
fri
jo les |
bean
(s) |
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a
la crán |
*
a la cra nes |
scorpion
(s) |
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a
bo ga do |
a
bo ga dos |
lawyer
(s) |
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ta
mal |
ta
ma les |
hmmmm,
. . . |
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en
chi la da |
en
chi la das |
ADIOS
. . . ¡ Tengo hambre ! |
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Spelling
rules:
* If
the noun ending with a consonant has an accented
final syllable, the accent is lost in the plural.
** If
the noun ends in a -Z . . . the plural will end
-CES ( Z changes to C --- to maintain the "soft"
sound ). |
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Starting Points in Language
Study:
What's a noun?
It's any person, place, or thing - or
anything that has a name.
It also has to be, and can do verbs,
i.e. do actions of some sort.
When you only have one
item - one noun - it's singular. If there are more than
one of any given item, then it's plural. Plural
means "more than one." |
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