If you are an English speaker, probably you already know that some words are changed to their plural form by adding the letter "s" at the end of the word. Well, you're in luck! Spanish words work the same way, too!
To start with, let's have examples of English words that form their plural by adding -s.
SINGULAR PLURAL
* key * keys
* car * cars
* castle * castles
* house * houses
* book * books
The translation to Spanish of the words above are:
SINGULAR PLURAL
llave llaves
coche coches
castillo castillos
casa casas
libro libros
Observe how the Spanish plural simply attaches an -s to the end of the singular form (see the blue highlights).
For example: llave + s = llaves
coche + s = coches
castillo + s = castillos
casa + s = casas
libro + s = libros
NOTE: The rule of addition of "s" only works with Spanish words that end in vowels (a, e, i, o and u).
So, the addition of -s is one of the several ways that we can use to "pluralize" (make plural) Spanish nouns. There are exceptions, but it's good that you know this rule right now!
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| Esta es una llave azul. (This is a blue key.) |
| Estas son llaves. (These are keys.) |
| Estas son casas. (These are houses.) |
| Estos son coches rojos. (These are red cars.) |
| Estos son libros de muchos colores. (These are colorful books.) |
I hope you liked the lesson for today! Shortly, I'll post the next mini-lesson about plurals, so stay tuned!
For your doubts or comments, don't hesitate to share them to other learners like you! :)
¡Buena suerte!
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