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๐ŸŽ Plurals in French

un โ†’ des ยท + s ยท + xun โ†’ des+ s+ x

๐Ÿ“– In short

To make a noun plural in French we usually add an s at the end and change the article to les or des. The funny thing is that the s usually isn't pronounced, so we hear the plural from the article!

๐Ÿ”Ž The lesson

1 The general rule: add s

  • un livre โ†’ des livresBook โ†’ books
  • la fleur โ†’ les fleursThe flower โ†’ the flowers
  • une pomme โ†’ des pommesApple โ†’ apples

2 eau and eu: add x

  • un gรขteau โ†’ des gรขteauxCake โ†’ cakes
  • un oiseau โ†’ des oiseauxBird โ†’ birds
  • un jeu โ†’ des jeuxGame โ†’ games

3 al becomes aux

  • un cheval โ†’ des chevauxHorse โ†’ horses
  • un journal โ†’ des journauxNewspaper โ†’ newspapers
  • un animal โ†’ des animauxAnimal โ†’ animals

4 Nouns that don't change

If a noun ends in s, x or z, it stays the same in the plural.

  • un bus โ†’ des busBus โ†’ buses
  • une souris โ†’ des sourisMouse โ†’ mice
  • un nez โ†’ des nezNose โ†’ noses

๐Ÿ“Š In a picture

Plurals: usually add s, add x to nouns ending in eau, and al becomes aux
Plurals: usually add s, add x to nouns ending in eau, and al becomes aux

๐Ÿ’ก Watch out!

  • The word un ล“il (eye) has a very strange plural: des yeux!
  • Don't forget the article changes too: le and la โ†’ les, un and une โ†’ des.

๐Ÿงฉ Test yourself

1 What is the plural of un oiseau?

2 What is the plural of un cheval?

3 What is the plural of une souris?

โ†’ Masculine and feminineโ† Personal pronouns

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