Lesson 10: Understanding plural vs. singular nouns - Sustantivos plurales vs singulares
In this lesson, we will review plural and singular nouns. Luckily, this concept is very similar in both Spanish, English, and many other languages.
En esta lección, repasaremos sustantivos en plural y singular. Afortunadamente, este concepto es muy similar en español, inglés y muchos otros idiomas.
Definition
In English, the majority of the time, you can indicate whether or not something is “plural” by the appearance of the “s” at the end of the noun.
En inglés, la mayoría de las veces, puede indicar si algo es "plural" mediante la aparición de la "s" al final del sustantivo.
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| car | cars |
| notebook | notebooks |
| book | books |
| mountain | mountains |
The top 20 most common nouns in English:
1. time / times = What time is it?
2. year / years = The year is 2021.
3. people / people = American people are talkative.
4. way / ways = There are many ways to accomplish your goal.
5. day/ days = The day is Monday, May 17, 2021.
6. man / men = He is a big man.
7. thing / things = There are many things to understand in this world.
8. woman / women = This woman has 3 children.
9. life / lives = I hope you have a good life.
10. child / children = I have a child.
11. world / worlds = The world is very big!
12. school / schools = I go to school every day.
13. state /states = The United States has 50 states.
14. family / families = My family is small.
15. student / students = There are many students in my class.
16. group / groups = We have a big group.
17. country / countries = Our country has many problems.
18. problem / problems = One problem is poverty.
19. hand / hands = My hand hurts.
20. part / parts = Which part of the cake do you want?
Watch out for irregular nouns!
Not all plural verbs just end with “s”. In English, there are many special nouns whose plural conjugation breaks the “s” rule".
No todos los verbos en plural terminan con "s". En inglés, hay muchos sustantivos especiales cuya conjugación plural rompe la regla de la "s" ".
Review the following examples from the lesson:
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| people | people |
| man | men |
| woman | women |
| life | lives |
| child | children |
| family | families |
| country | countries |