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Learning the Chinese Plural displayed below is vital to the language. Chinese 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.
Except for people there is no plural in Chinese, the character men is used for plural, but only for people. Just put 们 men behind a noun denoting people and you have the plural see pronouns! 老师们 lǎo shī men teachers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Chinese Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | fù shù - 复数 |
| my book | wǒ de shū - 我的书 |
| my books | wǒ de shū - 我的书 |
| our daughter | wǒ men de nǚ ér - 我们的女儿 |
| our daughters | wǒ men de nǚ ér - 我们的女儿 |
| I'm cold | wǒ jué de lěng - 我觉得冷 |
| we're cold | wǒ men jué de lěng - 我们觉得冷 |
| his chickens | tā de jī - 他的鸡 |
| their chicken | tā men de jī - 他们的鸡 |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Chinese has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Mandarin.
While in English, the plural is formed by adding (s) to the singular. In Mandarin, most of the time there is no different plural form, To indicate plural you usually add number or quanity words: for example, MA=horse, yi ge MA (one horse), liang ge MA (two horses), nei xie MA (those horses). hen duo MA (many horses), The word MA (horse) does not change. There is a character which is added to personal pronouns or words concerning people which indicates plural; it is MEN. Wo = I or me, wo MEN= we or us, ta = he, she, him, her or it, ta MEN = they or them. (It must be remembered from the beginning that Chinese and English are from different families of languages, unlike Spanish and English. In Chinese there is much less complicated grammar, and some of the grammar does not have English equivalents
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Chinese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Chinese vocabulary.
| English Plural | Chinese Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | duǎn wěn è - 短吻鳄 |
| alligators | duǎn wěn è - 短吻鳄 |
| bear | xióng - 熊 |
| bears | xióng - 熊 |
| bird | niǎo - 鸟 |
| birds | niǎo - 鸟 |
| bull | gōng niú - 公牛 |
| bulls | gōng niú - 公牛 |
| cat | māo - 猫 |
| cats | māo - 猫 |
| cow | nǎi niú - 奶牛 |
| cows | nǎi niú - 奶牛 |
| deer | lù - 鹿 |
| many deer | hěn duō lù - 很多鹿 |
| dog | gǒu - 狗 |
| dogs | gǒu - 狗 |
| donkey | lǚ - 驴 |
| donkeys | lǚ - 驴 |
| eagle | yīng - 鹰 |
| eagles | yīng - 鹰 |
| elephant | dà xiàng - 大象 |
| elephants | dà xiàng - 大象 |
| giraffe | cháng gěng lù - 长颈鹿 |
| giraffes | cháng gěng lù - 长颈鹿 |
| goat | shān yáng - 山羊 |
| goats | shān yáng - 山羊 |
| horse | mǎ - 马 |
| horses | mǎ - 马 |
| lion | shī zi - 狮子 |
| lions | shī zi - 狮子 |
| monkey | hóu zi - 猴子 |
| monkeys | hóu zi - 猴子 |
| mouse | lǎo shǔ - 老鼠 |
| mice | lǎo shǔ - 老鼠 |
| rabbit | tù - 兔 |
| rabbits | tù - 兔 |
| snake | shé - 蛇 |
| snakes | shé - 蛇 |
| tiger | lǎo hǔ - 老虎 |
| tigers | lǎo hǔ - 老虎 |
| wolf | láng - 狼 |
| wolves | láng - 狼 |
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