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Learning the Galician Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Galician language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician 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.
While in English, the plural is formed by adding (s) to the singular. In Galician, to form the plural of nouns and adjectives we add (-s) to words ending in a vowel and (-es) to words ending in a consonant (this is the general rule, there are some exceptions). Here are some examples:
Un amigo (a friend) becomes: Uns amigos (some friends)
Unha muller (one woman) becomes: Unhas mulleres (some women)
Ese é o meu coche vermello (this is my red car) becomes: Eses son os meus coches vermellos (these are my red cars).
Exceptions:
1. When the singular noun or adjective ends in –s, the plural remains the same: Un lapis (a pencil) – Uns lapis (some pencils).
2. When the singular form ends in –al, the plural will be –ais: un sinal (a sign) – uns sinais (some signs). However, this rule changes when the noun is monnosyllabic. In this case, the plural is formed by adding –es: sal (salt) – sales ("salts").
Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Galician Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | Plural |
| my book | o meu libro |
| my books | os meus libros |
| our daughter | a nosa filla |
| our daughters | as nosas fillas |
| I'm cold | teño frío |
| we're cold | temos frío |
| his chickens | os seus polos |
| their chicken | os seus polos |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Galician placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Plural | Galician Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | crocodilo |
| alligators | crocodilos |
| bear | oso |
| bears | osos |
| bird | paxaro |
| birds | paxaros |
| bull | touro |
| bulls | touros |
| cat | gato |
| cats | gatos |
| cow | vaca |
| cows | vacas |
| deer | corzo |
| many deer | moitos corzos |
| dog | can |
| dogs | cans |
| donkey | besta |
| donkeys | bestas |
| eagle | aguia |
| eagles | aguias |
| elephant | elefante |
| elephants | elefantes |
| giraffe | xirafa |
| giraffes | xirafas |
| goat | cabra |
| goats | cabras |
| horse | cabalo |
| horses | cabalos |
| lion | león |
| lions | leóns |
| monkey | mono |
| monkeys | monos |
| mouse | rato |
| mice | ratos |
| rabbit | coello |
| rabbits | coellos |
| snake | serpe |
| snakes | serpes |
| tiger | tigre |
| tigers | tigres |
| wolf | lobo |
| wolves | lobos |
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