El plural y los sustantivos incontables
-s, -es, -ies, los plurales irregulares y los sustantivos sin plural (information, advice…).
| Regla | Ejemplos |
|---|---|
| + s | book → books, car → cars |
| -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o → + es | bus → buses, box → boxes, potato → potatoes |
| consonante + y → ies | city → cities (pero day → days) |
| -f / -fe → ves | knife → knives, wife → wives, half → halves |
| irregulares | man → men, woman → women, child → children, foot → feet, tooth → teeth, mouse → mice, person → people |
Los incontables: la trampa para hispanohablantes
Algunos sustantivos contables en español son incontables en inglés: sin plural, sin «a / an», con el verbo en singular.
| Español | Inglés (incontable) | Para contar |
|---|---|---|
| informaciones, datos | information | a piece of information |
| consejos | advice | a piece of advice |
| muebles | furniture | a piece of furniture |
| noticias | news (¡singular!) | a piece of news |
| equipaje, maletas | luggage / baggage | a bag, a suitcase |
| deberes | homework | an exercise |
| progresos | progress | — |
| pelo, cabellos | hair | a hair = un solo pelo |
Test yourself
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¿Plural de «child»?
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children -
¿Plural de «city»?
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cities -
Corrige: Can you give me some informations?
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Can you give me some information? -
Corrige: The news are bad.
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The news is bad.