How French works
As in English, most French nouns take an –s in the plural . This –s is usually not pronounced.
un garçon → des garçons
a boy - some boys
une fille → des filles
a girl – some girls
There are quite a lot of nouns that do not take –s in the plural though. Most nouns ending in -au and -eu take -x in the plural:
un cadeau → des cadeaux
a present - some presents
un cheveu → les cheveux
a hair – hair
Some words ending in -al end in -aux in the plural :
un animal → des animaux
an animal – some animals
un journal → des journaux
a newspaper – some newspapers
An important word to remember is the word oeil (meaning eye) which changes completely in the plural:
un oeil → les yeux
All nouns ending in -s, -x, or -z remain the same:
le fils → les fils
the son - the sons
la voix → les voix
the voice – the voices
le nez → les nez
the noses – the noses
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