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====Plurals==== | ====Plurals==== | ||
After nouns, generally an -s is added to mark the plural. In cases where this is not possible due to being hard or impossible to pronounce -es is added instead. A singular word ending with -s is suffixed -sses in the plural form. Some irregular forms exist but are not very common, such as words ending with -ix being -ices in the plural. | After nouns, generally an -s is added to mark the plural. In cases where this is not possible due to being hard or impossible to pronounce -es is added instead. A singular word ending with -s is suffixed -sses in the plural form. Some irregular forms exist but are not very common, such as words ending with -ix being -ices in the plural. | ||
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! Singular !! Plural | |||
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| -x || -ces | |||
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| -um || -a | |||
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| -us || -i | |||
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| -s || -sses | |||
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| etc. || -(e)s | |||
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The vestigial genitive remains -s in all cases. Affixed as ' to plurals already ending in an -s otherwise suffixed as -s. Example: de Bakteriums (the bacterium's) -> de Bakterias (the bacteria's). | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||