Nouns

How to make PLURAL:

• većina imenica dodavanjem nastavka -s: book –books; home- homes...
• imenice koje završavaju na –s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o dodavanjem nastavka -es: bus- buses; church- churches...
• kod imenica koje završavaju na –ay, -ey, -oy, -uy dodaje se nastavak –s: day- days; monkey- monkeys...
• ako je ispred krajnjeg –y suglasnik, -y se mijenja u –ies: baby- babies; lorry- lorries
• ako se u krajnjem slogu nalazi glas –f, on se mijenja u –ves: wife- wives, knife- knives, tief- tieves, shelf- shelves
• nebrojive imenice (uncountable) imaju samo jedninu: bread, sugar, juice, knowledge, luck, spaghetti, work...
• neke imenice imaju samo oblik u množini: jeans, tights, pyjamas, scissors, trousers, shorts, pants, glasses, news...

Nepravilna množina

mouse- mice foot-feet tooth- teeth

man- men woman- women child- children

penny- pence person- people potato- potatoes

tomato- tomatoes sheep- sheep fish- fish

information- information goose- geese ox- oxen

Posvojni oblici imenica

• imenice u jednini dodavanjem 's: my son's car, the cat's leg, John and Iris's flat
• većina imenica u množini dodavanjem ': the boys' toys, our wives' stories, my parents' rules
• imenice u množini bez nastavka –s dodavanjem 's: most children's poems, three men's names, the people's choice...