I was wondering.. in spanish, how do you make things plural? I know you just don't add an "s" but I know you change the "el" and "la" but what do you change it to? And what about if it ends in a 'z'? I have some little words-- if you could make them plural and show me how you do it, it would be greatly apperciated!!!
Spanish Singular Words-
( By the way I made these just random easy ones for example )
la silla-
el lapiz-
Thanks!!!!
2006-09-14 10:40:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
you would use "las" when refering to a femenine thing in plurar:
Las sillas - The chairs
Las casas- The houses
Las ventanas - The windows
And "Los" when referring to a masculine subject:
Los carros - the cars
Los lapices-the pencils
Los cepillos-the brushes
you still use the "s" at the end of the word but be careful with fem & masculine.
2006-09-14 10:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by natarrenata 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you have to change the articles and that depends on whether the noun is is masculine or femenine.
here are the plurals of the words you gave.
la silla - las sillas
el lapiz - los papices
2006-09-14 17:52:09 · answer #2 · answered by violet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The articles change from E L to LOS and LA to LAS
EL LAPIZ to LOS LAPICES
LA SILLA to LAS SILLAS
2006-09-14 18:52:18 · answer #3 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general there are two rules for the formation of the plural of nouns and adjectives:
1) Words ending in a consonant add -es.
- amor - amores.
2) Words ending in a vowel add -s:
- casa - casas.
But this has four exceptions:
1) Z changes to CES:
lápiz -lápices.
2) Words ending in S, and not stressed in the final syllable do not change:
lunes - lunes.
3) Words ending in a stressed vowel, sometimes add S, and sometimes ES:
- manà - manÃes.
- mamá - mamás.
4) Some words change the place of the accent in the plural:
- carácter - caracteres (stress on -TE-)
2006-09-14 22:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
el is usually changed to "los"
la is usually changed to "las"
La silla changes to las sillas
El lapiz changes to los lapizes.
it can be different for different words
2006-09-14 17:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by one_sera_phim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if are saying like the sillas that would be the chairsjust add to some words
2006-09-14 17:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by lm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for el it's los and las for la
lapices (change z to ces)
sillas (regular like english)
hope it helped
2006-09-14 17:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by Mia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
el becomes los and la becomes las. Las sillas, los lapizes. la luz, las luzes. etc.
2006-09-14 17:45:10 · answer #8 · answered by ciza29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
el, los for masculine
la, las for femenine
el lápiz, los lápices
el animal, los animales
el libro, los libros
el cigarro, los cigarros
el policÃa, los policias
la silla, las sillas
la casa, las casas
la canción, las canciones
la botella, las botellas
2006-09-15 02:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by badtz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋