If you're trying to learn Basque Plural you will find some useful resources including a course about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Basque grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Basque. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
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 |
Notice the structure of the Plural 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. 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.
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