İsimlerin Çoğul Halleri |
05-08-2009 | #1 |
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İsimlerin Çoğul HalleriPLURAL FORMS OF NOUNS (İSİMLERİN ÇOĞUL HALLERİ) a)Çoğu isimin sonuna –s & -es takıları getirilir Singular Plural : boat - boats hat - hats house - houses river - rivers b) Eğer bir ismin son sesi sessiz harf + y den oluşuyorsa, - ies ismin sonuna eklenir: Singular Plural a cry - cries a fly - flies a nappy - nappies a poppy - poppies a city - cities a lady - ladies a baby - babies c) çoğul halleri düzensiz olan İsmler: TEKİL ÇOĞUL woman women man men child children tooth teeth foot feetpersonpeopleleaf leaves half halvesknifeknives wifewives life livesloafloaves potatopotatoes cactuscacti focusfoci fungus fungi nucleus nuclei syllabussyllabi/syllabuses analysisanalysesdiagnosisdiagnoses oasisoases thesistheses crisiscrisesphenomenon phenomenacriterioncriteria datum data d) bazı isimlerin hem tekil hemde çoğul halleri aynıdır: Singular - Plural sheep - sheep fish - fish species - species aircraft - aircraft e) bazı isimler hep çoğul biçimde kullanılır ve çoğul fil alırlar: trousers : My trousers are too tight jeans: Her jeans are black glasses : Those glasses are his savings, thanks, steps, stair, customs, congratulations, tropics, wages, spectacles, outskirts, goods, wits DÜZENLİ & DÜZENSİZ İSİMLERİN ÇOĞUL HALLERİ b) box – boxes church – churches brush – brushes class - classes buzz - buzzes Final –es is added to nouns that end in –ch, -sh, -ss, and -z c) baby – babies party – parties city – cities poppy – poppies Words ending in consonant + y take –ies as a plural suffix d) man - Men Foot- feet Ox – oxen Tooth – teeth These nouns have irregular forms, so there is no specific rule Woman - women Mouse - Mice Child - Children Goose - Geese e) echo – echoes potato – potatoes hero – heroes tomato – tomatoes Some nouns ending in –o take final –es f) auto- autos photo- photos studio – studios ghetto-ghettos piano- pianos tattoo- tattoos kilo- kilos radio –radios video – videos memo-memos solo- solos zoo- zoos soprano – sopranos kangaroo- kangaroos Only the final –s is added to some nouns ending in – o g) memento – mementoes/ mementos volcano- volcanoes/ volcanos zero – zeroes/ zeros mosquito- mosquitoes/ mosquitos tornado – tornadoes/ tornados It is possible to add –es or –s to nouns in this category h) calf –calves life – lives thief- thieves half – halves loaf- loaves wolf – wolves knife- knives self- selves scarf – scarves shelf – shelves Some nouns that end in –f or fe are changed to – ves to form the plural i) belief – beliefs cliff- cliffs chief – chiefs roof – roofs Some nouns ending in –f are not changed and simply – s is added to form the plural j) deer – deer series – series means - means fish - fish sheep – sheep shrimp – shrimp offspring- offspring species – species Some nouns have the same singular and plural form k) criterion – criteria phenomenon- phenomena l) cactus – cacti/ cactuses nucleus – nuclei fungus- fungi stimulus – stimuli syllabus- syllabi/ syllabuses m) formula – formulae/ formulas vertebra – vertebrae n) appendix – appendices/ appendixes index- indices/ indexes o) analysis – analyses basis – bases crisis – crises hypothesis- hypotheses oasis – oases thesis- theses parenthesis – parentheses p) bacterium – bacteria curriculum – curricula datum – data medium – media memorandum – memoranda Some nouns that English has borrowed from other languages have foreign plurals Some nouns have the same singular and plural form k) criterion – criteria phenomenon- phenomena l) cactus – cacti/ cactuses nucleus – nuclei fungus- fungi stimulus – stimuli syllabus- syllabi/ syllabuses m) formula – formulae/ formulas vertebra – vertebrae n) appendix – appendices/ appendixes index- indices/ indexes o) analysis – analyses basis – bases crisis – crises hypothesis- hypotheses oasis – oases thesis- theses parenthesis – parentheses p) bacterium – bacteria curriculum – curricula datum – data medium – media memorandum – memoranda Some nouns that English has borrowed from other languages have foreign plurals |
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