Plural of Slovak nouns
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Sign up for freeAs in many other languages, Slovak language has grammatical numbers as well. Those are singular and plural.
Simply, when a noun is in a
There is no general rule about creating the plural form. You need to identify the gender and the gramatical model of the noun to create the plural form. Check our lesson Models of Slovak nouns to learn how to identify the model of the noun.
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Some of the nouns do not have a Singular form. It is similar to some of the uncountable English nouns: scissors (nožnice), glasses (okuliare), trousers (nohavice)
Here are the rules, how to find out the gender of these nouns. We included also the models, the topic explained in the next lesson.
Nominative plural | Dative plural | Gender | Model | Example |
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-á/-a | -ám/-am | neutral | mesto | ústa, vráta |
-ia/-a | -iam/-am | neutral | srdce | prsia, pľúca |
-y | -om | masculine | dub | dostihy, hody |
-a | -ám/-am | feminine | žena | noviny, prázdniny |
-e | -om | masculine | stroj | okuliare, Vráble |
-e | -iam/-am | feminine | ulica | husle, Košice |
Let´s practice with our exercise!