2 NOUNS singular and plural ‘Sto marasin. Sto mauiina. STo oKHd. This is a shop. This is a car. This is a window. Sto marasiinel. Sto Mawel. Sto OxHa. | These are shops. These are cars. These are windows. THE NOMINATIVE PLURAL +*General rule: Noun endings change according to gender and number. The nominative plural endings are as follows: masculine feminine neuter bl (-M) -bl (-M) -A(-A) CTYAEHT (the student) > cryaéHTel nwa (the lamp) > ndwntt Ano (the business) > end Bele (the day) > aHM Apmis (the army) > apminn MOpe (the sea) > mopst HOBOCTD (the piece of news) > HOBOCTH SPELLING RULES These are generally to do with phonetics. Certain letters may not follow each other. @ After the consonants I, K, X and 0K, 4, LU, LL we write - F kira (the book) > im K _ypox (the lesson) > ypoww X —ondxa (the epoch) > ondxn 2K 9T&x (the floor) > stan 4 Bpas (the doctor} > espaw ; We kapanaau (the penci) > kapaygauia UW nnaw (the raincoat) => naw @ Masculin nouns in -if, feminine nouns in -A and all nouns in -b have a nominative plural in -M : ‘TpamBaik (m) (the tram) > rpamedu Er (f) (the aunty > Te cnoBapb (m) (the dictionary) > cnowaph TeTpaab (f) (the exercise book) > TerpannIRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS @ Nouns that have a change to the stem: Masculine Ayr (the friend) > ppysbA cryn (the chair) > crynba 6par (the brothen > Sparen yenonék (the person) D nioan YBeTOK (the flower) > yBeTE! PeGEHOK (the child) > aétu cbIH (the son) > cbiHoBEs etc... Feminine [AOUb (the daughter) > noepn Mate (the mother) > marepu ete. ‘Neuter ‘Bépeso (the tree) > nepésea Bpéma (the time) > Bpemend, va (the frst name) > nena etc... S6NOKO (the apple) > HONOKK @ Masculine nouns with a stressed -A (-A) ending in the nominative plural: ser (the colour) > ysera npocbéccop (the professon > npocpeccopa yuiirenb (the teacher) > yunTensi Anpec (the address) > anpecd Bé4ep (the evening) > sevepa ropon (the town) > ropona Rom (the house) > noma nacnopt (the passport) > nacnopra noegp (the train) noespa ras (the eye) rnasé etc... @ As in English, certain nouns have no plural. This includes substances, feelings, etc. (things that cannot be counted): pia (fish, the dish) Mos10Ké (milk) céxap (sugar) mitgo (beer) sco (meat) Hecpte (of) cont (salt) cepe6ps (silver) 6N0TO (gold) ximusi (chemistry) 106686 (love) cudcTee (happiness) @ As in English, certain nouns have no singular. This includes words that in some way designate a pair, and certain other nouns: ouKi (glasses) acti (a clock or watch) kativixynbt (the holidays) AéHeru (money) AYXit (perfume) HOKHUUBI (Scissors) oyten (24 hours) Gproxu (trousers) ‘pycti (short trousers, pants) ‘@ Certain neuter nouns of foreign origin never change their endings: MeTp6, p&awO, TaKch, NaNbTO, MeHtD... 10