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1.15: Gramática- Número de sustantivos

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    • Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
    • SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY
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    Objetivos

    • Change nouns from singular to plural

    Número de los sustantivos (Number of Nouns)

    Photo of a man and a dog
    un perro
    Dog walkers with many dogs
    muchos perros

    How to make a noun plural:

    • If a word ends in a vowel, add –s (cuaderno – cuadernos  ) (chica – chica )
    • If a word ends in a consonant, add an –es (marcador – marcadores  ) (reloj – relojes  )
    • If a word ends in -z, change the “z” to c and add –es (lápiz- lápices  ) (luz – luces  )

    The plural of the feminine singular article “la” (the) is therefore “las”. The plural of the masculine singular article “el” (the) is irregular: “los”.

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