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Introduction
Bien que la plupart des noms aient des pluriels formés selon des règles régulières, certains noms ont des pluriels inhabituels ou irréguliers. Cet article présentera les plus courants, afin que vous puissiez les apprendre.
Types de pluriel irrégulier
Il existe de nombreux types de pluriel irrégulier, mais voici les plus courants:
Noun type | Forming the plural | Example |
---|---|---|
Ends with -fe | Change f to v then Add -s | knife knives life lives wife wives |
Ends with -f | Change f to v then Add -es | half halves wolf wolves loaf loaves |
Ends with -o | Add -es | potato potatoes tomato tomatoes volcano volcanoes |
ends with -us | Change -us to -i | cactus cacti nucleus nuclei focus foci |
ends with -is | Change -is to -es | analysis analyses crisis crises thesis theses |
ends with -on | Change -on to -a | phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria |
ALL KINDS | Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending | man men foot feet child children person people tooth teeth mouse mice |
Unchanging | Singular and plural are the same | sheep deer fish (sometimes) |
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