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Singular & Plural
A noun may be one or more than one. If it's one, we call it Singular. If a noun is more than one it is called Plural.
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For example: there is one apple. Then it is apple. But if there are 2 apples then it means there are apples.
Noun ek ya ek se zayada hosktey hein. Agar yeh ek hey, toh yeh Singular khelatha hey, aur agar ek se zayada toh phir Plural khelatha hey.
Rule for changing singular into Plural
01. We make plurals by adding "s" to the singular form.
01. Hum Singular se Plural bnatey hein jab hum us k akhri lafz me "s" lga dein.
Singular = Plural
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Boy = Boys
Girl = Girls
Book = Books
02. Nouns ending in s,ch,x,o need "es" to make their plural.
02. Nouns jo k akhri lafz s,ch,x se khatam hotey hein toh humen "es" dal kr un ka plural bna na hota hey.
Singular = Plural
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Class = Classes
Dish = Dishes
Match = Matches
Tomato = Tomatoes
03. Nouns ending in "Y" need "ies" to make them plural
03. Koi bhi word "y" se khatam hota hey toh us ka plural bana ney k liya humey "ies" akhir me dalna hota hey pr "y" ko phir meta dena hota hey.
Singular = Plural
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City = Cities
Baby = Babies
Army = Armies
Story = Stories
04. Nouns ending in "F" or "Fe" need "ves" for making plural.
04. Koi bhi word "F" ya "Fe" se khatam hey toh us ka plural bana ney k liya humey "ves" dalna hoga akhir me.
Singular = Plural
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Wolf = Cities
Calf = Babies
Wife = Armies
Life = Stories
Knife = Knives
Thief = Thieves
Leaf = Leaves
Singular = Plural
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Wolf = Cities
Calf = Babies
Wife = Armies
Life = Stories
Knife = Knives
Thief = Thieves
Leaf = Leaves
Exceptions:
Sirf in k siwa:
Singular = Plural
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Chief = Chiefs
Hoof = Hoofs
Grief = Griefs
Gulf = Gulfs
Proof = Proofs
Dwarf = Dwarfs
04. Nouns with voels inside are made plural by changing with vowel.
04. Humen kuch Nouns ko Plural bana ney k liya us ko dosrey tariqe se lekhna hota hey for example:
Singular = Plural
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Foot = Feet
Tooth = Teeth
Louse = Lice
Mouse = Mice
05. Singular nouns are made plural by adding "en"
05. Singular ko Plural bana ney k liya humen kuch nouns me "en" dalna hota hey jo k nechey lekhey hovey hein
Singular = Plural
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Child = Children
Ox = Oxen
Man = Men
Woman = Women
06. Some Nouns are treated only Plural.
06. Aur kuch Nouns hemsha Plural he rehtey hein. Un ka koi singular nahe hota.
Scissors, toys, trousers, spectacles etc.
07. Some Plural nouns are treated as singular nouns.
07. Aur kuch Plural hamesha Singular he rehtey hein.
Civics, news, physics, mathematics.
08. Some collective nouns are used as singular and plural.
08. Aur kuch Nouns hamesha Singular aur Plural rehtey hein. Matlab k dono ko hum singular kr k bhi lekh sktey hein aur Plural bhi.
Crowd, class, army, team.
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