How to Compose a Singular and Plural Nouns

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How to Compose a Singular and Plural Nouns - To compose a singular and plural nouns we need to know the singular and plural form of any words. A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Usually, the first page of a grammar book tells you about nouns. Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things in our lives. As babies learn "mom," "dad," or "milk" as their first word, nouns should be the first topic when you study a foreign language.

Noun has two forms (form) words, which is "singular and plural". Singular nouns are used to show an object which amounts to a single or one, for example: a computer, a chair, a train, a player, a teacher, a taxi, etc. While the plural nouns are used to show a large number of objects (plural), eg: computers, chairs, trains, players, teachers, taxis, etc. .

Singular means yes SINGLE or single (one), so Singular Noun is a singular noun. For example, book, ball, computer, table, and so on. While Plural means many , more than one. Like balls (several balls), fingers (the fingers). You look at the noun added s . But for the baby (babies) if more than one is not babys tablets, but babies. While the man (men) if more than one actually become men. Less tamarind Bener nih languages ​, regular guns .

Singular nouns are generally accompanied by determiners (a / an, this, that, the), for example: a river, a castle, an idea, this book, the man, etc .Generally, plural nouns are formed by adding the letter s in the rear - noun to be made in the plural, for example: boats, bats, houses, rivers, computer, boys, girls, etc.

For the plural form of most nouns, add s.
bottle – bottles
cup – cups
pencil – pencils
desk – desks
sticker – stickers
window – windows

For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.
box – boxes
watch – watches
moss – mosses
bus – buses

For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.
wolf – wolves
wife – wives
leaf – leaves
life – lives

Some nouns have different plural forms.
child – children
woman – women
man – men
mouse – mice
goose – geese

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.
baby – babies
toy – toys
kidney – kidneys
potato – potatoes
memo – memos
stereo – stereos

A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
sheep – sheep
deer – deer
series – series
species – species