Meervoude - Plurals

Question 1

When there is a single vowel and a single consonant, what is the general rule?

Answer 1

Double the consonant and add an e

Question 2

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has a twin vowel and ends on one consonant?

Answer 2

Drop one vowel

Add an e

Question 3

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has two vowels and ends on a consonant?

Answer 3

Add an e

Question 4

What must you do when changing to a plural and the word ends on two consonants?

Answer 4

Add an e

Question 5

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends in ig?

Answer 5

Add te

Question 6

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has oo and ends in g?

Answer 6

Drop on o

Add ë

Question 7

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has o and ends in g?

Answer 7

Drop the g

Add ë

Question 8

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has aa and ends in g?

Answer 8

Drop one a

Add e

Question 9

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has a and ends in g?

Answer 9

Drop the g

Add the e

Question 10

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends in ee?

Answer 10

Drop one e

Add ë

Question 11

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has a double vowel and ends in g?

Answer 11

Drop the g

Add ë

Question 12

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends in ie but isn’t a diminutive?

Answer 12

Add ë

Question 13

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has a short vowel and ends in f?

Answer 13

Drop the f

Add wwe

Question 14

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has twin vowels and ends in f?

Answer 14

Drop one vowel
Drop the f
Add we

Question 15

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has double vowels and ends in f?

Answer 15

Drop the f

Add we

Question 16

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends in heid?

Answer 16

Change the heid to hede

Question 17

What must you do when changing to a plural and it is one syllable but ends in ng?

Answer 17

Add e

Question 18

What must you do when changing to a plural and has two syllables and ends in ng?

Answer 18

Add an s

Question 19

What must you do when changing to a plural and it has more than one syllable and ends in r?

Answer 19

Add s

Question 20

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends on e,i,o or u?

Answer 20

Add ‘s

Question 21

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends on an emphasised a?

Answer 21

Add ‘s

Question 22

What must you do when changing to a plural and it ends on an unemphasised a?

Answer 22

Add s

Question 23

Which words get ers when changing to a plural?

Answer 23

Kind kinders
Kalf kalwers
Lam lammers

Question 24

Which words get ens when changing to a plural?

Answer 24

Bad baddens
Bed beddens
Gevoel gevoelens
Hawe hawens
Lewe lewens
Nooi nooiens
Vrou vrouens
Wa waens

Question 25

Which words get te?

Answer 25

Bees
Fees
Graf
Kas
Lys
Nes
Pianis
Prefek
Produk
Toeris
Tydskrif
Violis
Voorskrif

Question 26

What are some exceptions?

Answer 26

Blad blaaie
Brug brûe
Buurman bure
Gat gate
Glas glase
Hemp hemde
Lid lede
Nag nagte
Pad paaie
Rug rûe
Skip skepe
Speelding speelgoed
Spel spele
Stad stede
Tyd tye