Learn French: Les animaux ici sont spéciaux et très originaux. - The animals here are special and very original.

This sentence demonstrates a key rule in French: most nouns that end in -al in the singular change their ending to -aux in the plural. Since the singular is animal, the plural becomes animaux.

Does this same -aux rule apply to the adjectives spéciaux and originaux?

Yes! Adjectives follow the same pattern as nouns. The masculine singular forms of these adjectives are spécial and original. Because un animal is a masculine word, we use the masculine plural ending -aux for the adjectives to make them match.

What if we were describing a feminine plural noun instead of animaux?

The -al to -aux change only happens for masculine words. If you were describing feminine things (like les choses, the things), you would just follow the regular rule of adding an -e and then an -s. The feminine plural forms would be spéciales and originales.

Why does ici come right after Les animaux instead of at the end of the sentence?