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In Spanish language the plurals are determined by femenine (las) and masculine (los) articles. Most of the sustantives have a singular and plural form. | In Spanish language the plurals are determined by femenine (las) and masculine (los) articles. Most of the sustantives have a singular and plural form. | ||
Example: | Example: | ||
El sol / Los soles | |||
Example: El amigo | El avión / Los aviones | ||
La taza / Las tazas | |||
◆Usually the sustantives that end in vowels (a,e,i,o,u) turn into plurals addinng an - s at the end. | |||
Example: | |||
El amigo / Los amigos | |||
La vaca / Las vacas | |||
◆When the last letter is an í or ú with accent, it is added -es | ◆When the last letter is an í or ú with accent, it is added -es | ||
Example: El ají | Example: | ||
El ají / Los ajíes | |||
El iglú / Los iglúes | |||
◆When the the sustantive ends in ''(d, l, r, z, …) -''es is also added. The z transforms in c. | |||
Example: | |||
El leñador / Los leñadores | |||
La actriz / Las actrices | |||
◆Thought there are exceptions like : | |||
El cactus / Los cactus | |||
El tórax / Los tórax | |||
◆There are sustantives that exist only as plurals: | |||
Los honorarios, las facciones, las gafas, los víveres. | |||
◆And there are sunstantives that are used only as singular: | |||
La sed, el caos, el este, el oeste. | |||
Revision as of 19:18, 3 January 2019
The Plurals
In Spanish language the plurals are determined by femenine (las) and masculine (los) articles. Most of the sustantives have a singular and plural form.
Example:
El sol / Los soles
El avión / Los aviones
La taza / Las tazas
◆Usually the sustantives that end in vowels (a,e,i,o,u) turn into plurals addinng an - s at the end.
Example:
El amigo / Los amigos
La vaca / Las vacas
◆When the last letter is an í or ú with accent, it is added -es
Example:
El ají / Los ajíes
El iglú / Los iglúes
◆When the the sustantive ends in (d, l, r, z, …) -es is also added. The z transforms in c.
Example:
El leñador / Los leñadores
La actriz / Las actrices
◆Thought there are exceptions like :
El cactus / Los cactus
El tórax / Los tórax
◆There are sustantives that exist only as plurals:
Los honorarios, las facciones, las gafas, los víveres.
◆And there are sunstantives that are used only as singular:
La sed, el caos, el este, el oeste.