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More Plurals: Irregular & Special Cases

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Master the art of counting and categorizing everything you see in Bulgaria.

  • Categorize nouns by their specific plural endings.
  • Identify common irregular plurals used in daily life.
  • Use special counting forms for quantities.
More than one? Let's make it plural!

배울 내용

Expand your knowledge of plural formation, including common irregular nouns and specific rules. This chapter helps you correctly refer to multiple items.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: correctly transform singular nouns into their plural forms including irregular cases.

팁과 요령 (4)

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Check the ending

Always look at the last letter of the singular noun. If it is -а or -я, you know exactly what to do.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in -а/-я
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Check the singular

Always look at the singular to know the plural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in -о/-е
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Check the singular

Always identify the singular form first to see if it ends in a consonant.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in consonant
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Learn in pairs

Always learn the singular and plural together.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Plurals (Неправилни множествени числа)

핵심 어휘 (5)

жена woman дете child град city човек person очила glasses

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shopping-cart

At the Market

Review Summary

  • Noun -а/я + и
  • Number + Noun (Counting Form)

자주 하는 실수

Masculine nouns ending in a consonant take the counting form -а after numbers, not the full plural.

Wrong: Два градове
정답: Два града

This is a common irregular plural that doesn't follow the -а/-я rule.

Wrong: Детета
정답: Деца

People is 'хора', not 'човеци' in common usage.

Wrong: Много хора
정답: Много хора (correct, but 'човеци' is wrong)

Next Steps

You have conquered the complex world of Bulgarian plurals! Keep practicing and you will sound like a native in no time.

Label items in your house with their plural forms.

Continue to: Adjectives: Describing the World

빠른 연습 (10)

Fill in the correct plural.

Тя протегна ___ (ръка).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ръце
The plural of ръка is ръце.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Plurals (Неправилни множествени числа)

Find the error: 'Имам две жена.'

Find and fix the mistake:

Имам две жена.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Имам две жени.
The plural of жена is жени.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in -а/-я

Fill in the correct plural.

Имам двама ___ (брат).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: братя
The plural of брат is братя.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Plurals (Неправилни множествени числа)

Which is the correct plural of 'кутия'?

Кутия ->

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Кутии
Remove -я, add -и.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in -а/-я

Make the noun plural.

село -> ___

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: села
Standard -о to -а.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plural Endings: Nouns ending in -о/-е

Fill in the correct form.

___ (Лист) падат.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Листата
Collective form is required.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Collective Plurals (Събирателни множествени числа)

Correct the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Очилата е счупено.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Очилата са счупени.
Plural agreement.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nouns with Only Plural Form

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Имам трима брати.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: братя
The plural of брат is братя.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Plurals (Неправилни множествени числа)

Select the correct plural.

Колко ___ (син) имаш?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: синове
The plural of син is синове.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Plurals (Неправилни множествени числа)

Fill in the blank.

Тези ___ са много скъпи.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: панталони
Plural noun.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nouns with Only Plural Form

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자주 묻는 질문 (6)

Yes, almost all feminine nouns ending in -а or -я follow this rule.
Feminine nouns almost never end in a consonant in the singular. If they do, they are likely masculine.
It is a common suffix for neuter nouns.
Some masculine nouns, especially monosyllabic ones, take -ове instead of -и.
If it ends in a consonant in the singular form, it is likely masculine.
They are historical remnants that didn't follow the standard leveling process.
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