Irregular plurals: Endings in -al
You've already seen that some words take an -x instead of an -s in the plural. Here is another common pattern!
When a masculine singular noun ends in -al, drop the -al and add -aux to make it plural. For example, un cheval (a horse) becomes des chevaux (horses).
| Horses are magnificent animals. | Les chevaux sont des animaux magnifiques. |
| The city has magnificent canals. | La ville a des canaux magnifiques. |
This same rule applies to adjectives! To describe masculine plural nouns, an adjective that normally ends in -al changes to -aux (like génial changing to géniaux or national changing to nationaux).
| We admired some great animals! | Nous avons admiré des animaux géniaux ! |
| These are national monuments. | Ce sont des monuments nationaux. |
| They explained the main problems. | Ils ont expliqué les problèmes principaux. |
You will often see these plural nouns and adjectives paired together in the same sentence.
| The animals here are special and very original. | Les animaux ici sont spéciaux et très originaux. |
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