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

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Question 26

What are some exceptions?

Answer 26

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