If the thing is just one, so
it is called (singular). And, If the things are more than one (many), so it is
called plural.
There are two kinds singular and plural form. They are
regular and irregular noun form.
1.
Singular
Noun
A.
Regular Nouns
Most of regular
form is adding by a/an.
It uses prefix -a
if meet consonant letters
Example:
book
|
A book
|
Pen
|
A pen
|
clock
|
A clocks
|
B. We add an
when we meet vocal letter in the nouns.
Example:
Angel
|
An angel
|
apple
|
An apple
|
income
|
An income
|
2. Plural Form
A. Regular
Most of regular form is adding by s/es.
It uses prefix -a
if meet consonant letters.
Example:
Book
|
Two books
|
doll
|
Blue American dolls
|
pencil
|
Pencils
|
Most of regular form adds with es if meet vocal letter (a, i,u, e , and o) and s, x, z, ch, sh.
Example :
bus
|
buses
|
wish
|
wishes
|
temple
|
Temples
|
Most of regular form adds with es if meet y.
Example :
baby
|
babies
|
city
|
cities
|
A. Irregular
Most of irregular form is not adding by s/es, but it will change.
Example of Irregular Countable Noun
Singular Plural
1.
Alga Algae
2.
Alumnus Alumni
3.
Appendix Appendices
4.
Basis Bases
5.
Child Children
6.
Crisis Crises
7.
Criterion Criteria
8.
Datum Data
9.
Deer Deer
10.
Fish Fish
11.
Foot Feet
12.
Goose Geese
13.
Man Men
14.
Mouse Mice
15.
Medium Media
16.
Ox Oxen
17.
Person People
18.
Phenomenon Phenomena
19.
Police Police
20.
Radius Radii
21.
Sheep Sheep
22.
Tooth Teeth
23.
Vita Vitae
24.
Woman Women
Plural Example Indonesia Sentence and Meaning in English
1.
Aku mempunyai dua apel. : I have two apples.
2.
Ditempat itu banyak orang. : In that place many people.
3.
Anak - anak itu sedang bermain bola. :
The children were playing ball.
4.
Ikan itu sangat besar. :
The fishes was very large.
5.
Gigiku sangat putih. : My teeth
are very white.
6.
Domba itu sedang memakan rumput. :The
sheep are eating grass.
7.
Polisi sedang mengamankan tempat itu. : Police were securing the places.
8.
Malam
itu aku mendapatkan dua kotak roti. : That night I get two boxes of bread.
9.
Kami
menikmati banyak hidangan pagi ini. : We enjoyed many of the dishes this morning.
10.
Rumah - rumah itu terlihat indah. :
The houses look beautiful.
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