First of
all, you should know that all plural nouns – we share into two groups in
Polish:
Group 1: a
group of males (only men/ boys, don’t mix it with masculine nouns) or a group where
at least one male in present, e.g. students, doctors, Polish people.
But for example: sok (juice) although is a masculine word- it is not a man, so it does not belong to this group)!
Group 2:
everything else: women, animals, objects, food etc.
Yes, I know
girls, it is a discrimination!:D
Here I will
teach you how to make a plural for the second group. To make plural for the
first group is a bit more complicated
and we will worry about it later.:)
In English,
we usually add '–s' to form a plural, in Polish we have 4 possible endings:
1) – a, when the words is neutral
(ends with –o, -e, -um):
piwo- piwa (a beer- beers)
okno –okna (a window- windows)
centrum- centra (a center-
centers)
2) – i, when the last consonant of the
word is –k or –g:
sok- soki (juice- juices)
mąka- mąki (flour- flours)
3) –e, after almost all these "funny":) Polish
letters which you can NOT find in English language: ś (also si), ć (also ci), ń (also ni), ź (also zi), ż, sz, cz, rz
+ c,l,j
noc- noce (a night- nights)
koń- konie (a hourse- hourses)
4) – y (for all other words)
All
adjectives which describe the group 2 (women, animals, objects, food etc.) end with –e:
ładne dziewczyny –pretty girls
wysokie budynki- high buildings
More examples for all 4 endings:
rachunek - rachunki
kawa- kawy
wino- wina
masło- masła
chleb- chleby
brzoskwinia- brzoskwinie
Now, it is your turn:
marchewka (a carrot)- ..............................
jabłko (an apple)- .............................
dziewczyna (a girl)-.............................
książka ( a book)- .............................
komputer (a computer)-.............................
płaszcz ( a coat)- .............................
but (a shoe)- .............................
krzesło (a chair)-.............................
sok pomarańczowy (an orange juice)- ...................................
piękna kobieta (beautiful woman)- .....................................
dobra restauracja (good restaurants)- .......................................
Send me your answers in the comments.:)
