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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!

तुम क्या सीखोगे

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.

टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (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)

मुख्य शब्दावली (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)

सामान्य गलतियाँ

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

Wrong: Два градове
सही: Два града

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

Wrong: Детета
सही: Деца

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

Wrong: Много хора
सही: 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

त्वरित अभ्यास (10)

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)

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

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

Fill in the blank.

Имам два ___ (стол).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: стола
Masculine counting form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Plurals with Counting Forms (Бройна форма)

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

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

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)

Make the noun plural: Книга -> ___

Книга ->

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Книги
Remove -а, add -и.

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

Choose the correct form.

Той има сини ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: очи
The plural of око is очи.

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

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सामान्य प्रश्न (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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