Basque Plural
Learning the Basque Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Basque language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Basque.
Basque Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Basque Plural |
| Plural | Plural |
| my book | nire liburua |
| my books | nire liburuak |
| our daughter | gure alaba |
| our daughters | gure alabak |
| I'm cold | Hotz naiz |
| we're cold | hotz gara |
| his chickens | bere oilaskoak |
| their chicken | beraien oilaskoak |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Basque has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Euskara.
List of Plurals in Basque
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Basque placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Basque vocabulary.
| English Plural | Basque Plural |
| alligator | kaimana |
| alligators | kaimanak |
| bear | hartza |
| bears | Hartzak |
| bird | hegazti |
| birds | hegaztiak |
| bull | zezena |
| bulls | zezenak |
| cat | katua |
| cats | katuak |
| cow | behia |
| cows | behiak |
| deer | Oreina |
| many deer | orein asko |
| dog | txakurra |
| dogs | txakurrak |
| donkey | astoa |
| donkeys | astoak |
| eagle | arrano |
| eagles | arranoak |
| elephant | elefante |
| elephants | elefanteak |
| giraffe | Jirafa |
| giraffes | jirafak |
| goat | ahuntz |
| goats | ahuntzak |
| horse | zaldi |
| horses | zaldiak |
| lion | lehoi |
| lions | lehoiak |
| monkey | Tximinoa |
| monkeys | tximinoak |
| mouse | sagua |
| mice | saguak |
| rabbit | untxia |
| rabbits | untxiak |
| snake | suge |
| snakes | sugeak |
| tiger | tigrea |
| tigers | tigreak |
| wolf | otsoa |
| wolves | otsoak |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Basque, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Euskara Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Basque lessons here: Learn Basque. Don't forget to bookmark this page.