How can we know which noun is singular and plural????Lets check this.
1. Masculine noun (the article is "der") and neutral (the article is "das") which is ending with "el","er","en","chen" most of them didn't change.
example :
Singular Plural
der koffer die koffer
der büffel die büffel
There are some exceptions for these nouns :
Singular Plural
der bauer die bauern
der apfel die äpfel
der vater die väter
der bruder die brüderr
der vogel die vögel
2.there are many neutral nouns (the article is "das") which received additional "el" and umlaut (a become ä,u become ü etc) in the plural form.
example :
Singular Plural
das buch die bücher
das glas die gläser
there are a few neutral noun in plural form we add "s" behind the noun
example :
Singular Plural
das kino die kinos
das foto die fotos
das auto die autos
das cafë die cafës
das büro die büros
das taxi die taxis
das hotel die hotels
das diplom die diploms
3. Feminim nouns which is ending with "e" in the plural form we add " n " behind the noun.
example :
Singular Plural
die suppe die suppen
die sprache die sprachen
4.feminime noun which is ending with " in" in the plural form we add "nen" behind the noun
example :
Singular Plural
die sekretärin die sekretärinnen
die studentin die stidentinnen
There are some nouns that only have plural form.
1. die ferien
2. die leute
3. die eltern
ATTENTION
1. for accusative and nominative case we use "die" as the article to show the plural noun.
2.for noun and verb we use the plural verb and noun
example :
singular : die schule liegt in hangtuah straße
plural : die schulen liegen in hangtuah straße
singular : das haus ist schön
plural : die haus sind schön
Minggu, 14 Februari 2010
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