French nouns (plural)

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Today we are going to continue studying French nouns.

Previously we have studied male and female nouns in French in their singular form.  Today we are going to study the plural forms of the nouns.

In French, plural forms generally end with an –s just like in English:

LA FEMME- LES FEMMES

(THE WOMAN- THE WOMEN)

LA VOITURE- LES VOITURES

(THE CAR- THE CARS)

However, there are some exceptions.  Some French nouns don’t end with an s on their plural forms and you have to make the plural according to the last letter of their singular form:

Singular ending	Plural ending
S	S
X	X
Z	Z
EAU	EAUX (*)
EU	EAUX (*)
AL	AUX (*)
AIL	AUX (*)
OU	OUX (*)

(*) There are a few exceptions where you have to add an s

Let’s see some examples

LA TAUX- LES TAUX

(THE INTEREST- THE INTERESTS)

LE CHÂTEAU- LES CHÂTEAUX

(THE CASTLE- THE CASTLES)

LE NEZ- LES NEZ

(THE NOSE- THE NOSES)

LE TRAVAIL- LES TRAVAUX

(THE WORK- THE WORKS)

LE CHEVEU- LES CHEVEUS

(THE HAIR- THE HAIRS)

LE JOURNAL- LES JOURNAUX

(THE NEWSPAPER- THE NEWSPAPERS)