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Nouns and cases

Noun plurals

Form regular plurals and recognize the most useful irregular forms.

10 minute lesson

Two productive plural endings

Many one-syllable nouns take -եր (-er), while many longer nouns take -ներ (-ner). There are important irregular forms, so vocabulary entries should be learned together with their plural when it is unusual.

Common plural patterns

SingularPluralTransliterationEnglish
գիրքգրքերgirk’ → grk’erbook → books
տունտներtun → tnerhouse → houses
մեքենամեքենաներmek’ena → mek’enanercar → cars
ուսանողուսանողներusanogh → usanoghnerstudent → students
մարդմարդիկmard → mardikperson → people
կինկանայքkin → kanayk’woman → women

Examples

Ես երեք գիրք ունեմ։Yes yerek’ girk’ unem.I have three books.Pronunciation: both k’ sounds are aspirated.
Այստեղ շատ մարդիկ կան։Aystegh shat mardik kan.There are many people here.Pronunciation: gh is a voiced throaty sound.
Այս մեքենաները նոր են։Ays mek’enanerə nor en.These cars are new.Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated; ə is a short “uh” sound.

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