Plurals Orthography
Plurals Add –s to nouns Add –es to nouns with sibilant (Zischlaut) apple – apples pen – pens desk – desks book – books Add –es to nouns with sibilant (Zischlaut) kiss – kisses watch – watches brush - brushes BZB, Englisch - ScG
Plurals Change y ie with nouns with consonant + y city – cities lady – ladies story - stories Don‘t change y if nouns with vowel + y boy – boys day – days toy - toys BZB, Englisch - ScG
Plurals Change f(e) v Ausnahmen: wife – wives knife – knives wolf – wolves life – lives Ausnahmen: roof – roofs chief – chiefs belief - beliefs cliff – cliffs BZB, Englisch - ScG
Plurals Add –es to nouns with o Ausnahmen: tomato - tomatoes potato - potatoes Ausnahmen: piano – pianos photo – photos Eskimo – Eskimos BZB, Englisch - ScG
Plurals Only plural form Only singular form: trousers, jeans, trunks, pants, tights, ect. scissors glasses Only singular form: fish sheep deer information / homework BZB, Englisch - ScG
Irregular Plurals Irregular plurals man – men woman – women child – children mouse – mice louse - lice foot – feet tooth - teeth goose – geese ox - oxen BZB, Englisch - ScG