PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES Making words plural

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Making words plural in Spanish is much easier than making them plural in English: libro silla hombre papel flor reloj libros sillas hombres papeles flores relojes Can you figure out the rule?

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) In Spanish there are basic rules for making nouns plural. Plural means more than one. When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: mochilas

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: calculadoras

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: reglas

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: carpetas

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: engrapadoras

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: perforadoras

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: goma de borrar gomas de borrar

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: cuadernos

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: libros

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: diccionarios

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 1) When a noun ends in a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), add –s. Example: bolí bol grafos

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES In Spanish there are basic rules for making nouns plural. Plural means more than one. 2) When a noun ends in a consonant (any letter except a, e, i, o, u), add –es. Example: papeles

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 2) When a noun ends in a consonant (any letter except a, e, i, o, u), add –es. Example: marcadores

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES The plural of el – los la – las un – unos Una – unas el libro = the book un libro = a book los libros = the books unos libros = ? books We can’t say “a books. ” So the translation for “unos” and “unas” is “some. ”

PLURAL NOUNS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES In Spanish there are basic rules for making nouns plural. Plural means more than one. 3) When a noun ends in –z, changes to c and add –es. Example: lápiz lapices

Exceptions 1) Few nouns can have singular and plural meaning. One example is: sacapuntas

No child-children, mouse-mice, goose-geese, etc. There are only two exceptions to the rule. One is words that have 8 letters or more and already end in –s: el cumpleaños los cumpleaños Remember—only words that have 8 letters or more. The word país doesn’t have eight letters, so it gets –es like all other words that end with a consonant: países. The other exception is days of the week that end in –s: el lunes el martes los lunes los martes etc. , but el sábado los sábados el domingo los domingos