If you're trying to learn Cantonese Plural you will find some useful resources including a course about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Cantonese 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 Cantonese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Cantonese 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 Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.
Cantonese 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 | Cantonese Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | 眾數 |
| my book | 我的書 |
| my books | 我的書 |
| our daughter | 我們的女兒 |
| our daughters | 我們的女兒 |
| I'm cold | 我覺得很冷 |
| we're cold | 我們覺得很冷 |
| his chickens | 他的雞 |
| their chicken | 他們的雞 |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Cantonese.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.
| English Plural | Cantonese Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | 短吻鱷 |
| alligators | 短吻鱷 |
| bear | 熊 |
| bears | 熊 |
| bird | 鳥 |
| birds | 鳥 |
| bull | 公牛 |
| bulls | 公牛 |
| cat | 貓 |
| cats | 貓 |
| cow | 牛 |
| cows | 牛 |
| deer | 鹿 |
| many deer | 很多鹿 |
| dog | 狗 |
| dogs | 狗 |
| donkey | 驢 |
| donkeys | 驢 |
| eagle | 鷹 |
| eagles | 鷹 |
| elephant | 象 |
| elephants | 象 |
| giraffe | 長頸鹿 |
| giraffes | 長頸鹿 |
| goat | 羊 |
| goats | 羊 |
| horse | 馬 |
| horses | 馬 |
| lion | 獅子 |
| lions | 獅子 |
| monkey | 子 |
| monkeys | 子 |
| mouse | 老鼠 |
| mice | 老鼠 |
| rabbit | 兔 |
| rabbits | 兔 |
| snake | 蛇 |
| snakes | 蛇 |
| tiger | 老虎 |
| tigers | 老虎 |
| wolf | 狼 |
| wolves | 狼 |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Cantonese. Once you're done with the Yue Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Cantonese lessons here: Learn Cantonese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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