Making plurals

Usually an s, sometimes an x, sometimes nothing

Most nouns take an s in the plural, and you do not hear it: le chat, les chats. Words already ending in s, x or z stay exactly the same: le fils, les fils; le nez, les nez.

Words in -eau, -au and -eu take x: les bateaux, les jeux. Most words in -al switch to -aux: le cheval, les chevaux; le journal, les journaux. A handful of -ou words take x too: bijoux, cailloux, choux, genoux, hiboux, joujoux, poux. The article does the real work of telling you it is plural: le becomes les.

Examples

Practice (sample)

Pick the plural

1. un chien → des ______
   chiens / chienx / chien
   Answer

   chiens. add s.
2. un château → des ______
   châteaus / châteaux / château
   Answer

   châteaux. -eau takes x.
3. un cheval → des ______
   chevals / chevaux / chevales
   Answer

   chevaux. -al becomes -aux.
4. un nez → des ______
   nezs / nez / nezx
   Answer

   nez. already ends in z: no change.
5. un jeu → des ______
   jeus / jeux / jeu
   Answer

   jeux. -eu takes x.
6. un bus → des ______
   bus / buses / busx
   Answer

   bus. already ends in s.

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