You have got one tomato and I’ve got two tomatos. Right? Wrong! I’ve got two tomatoes!
Although we usually add an -s to a noun to make it plural (one egg, two eggs, etc.), some nouns in English have irregular plural endings. We’ve put together a really useful list in alphabetical order of some common nouns which have irregular plural endings:
Singular | Plural | Tlumaczenie |
---|---|---|
abyss | abysses | przepaść |
alumnus | alumni | wychowanek |
analysis | analyses | analiza |
aquarium | aquaria | akwarium |
arch | arches | łuk |
atlas | atlases | atlas |
axe | axes | topór |
baby | babies | niemowlę |
bacterium | bacteria | bakteria |
batch | batches | partia |
beach | beaches | plaża |
brush | brushes | pędzel |
bus | buses | autobus |
calf | calves | cielę |
chateau | chateaux | rodzaj willi, zamku |
cherry | cherries | czereśnia |
child | children | dziecko |
church | churches | kościół |
circus | circuses | cyrk |
city | cities | miasto |
cod | cod | dorsz |
copy | copies | kopia |
crisis | crises | kryzys |
curriculum | curricula | program nauczania |
deer | deer | jeleń |
dictionary | dictionaries | słownik |
domino | dominoes | domino |
dwarf | dwarves | karzeł |
echo | echoes | echo |
elf | elves | chochlik |
emphasis | emphases | nacisk |
family | families | rodzina |
fax | faxes | faks |
fish | fish | ryba |
flush | flushes | wypieki |
fly | flies | rozporek |
foot | feet | stopa |
fungus | fungi | grzyb |
half | halves | połówka |
hero | heroes | bohater |
hippopotamus | hippopotami | hipopotam |
hoax | hoaxes | kawał |
hoof | hooves | kopyto |
index | indexes | indeks |
iris | irides | tęczówka |
kiss | kisses | pocałunek |
knife | knives | nóż |
lady | ladies | dama |
leaf | leaves | liść |
life | lives | życie |
loaf | loaves | bochenek |
man | men | mężczyzna |
mango | mangoes | mango |
memorandum | memoranda | notatka |
mess | messes | bałagan |
moose | moose | łoś |
motto | mottoes | dewiza |
mouse | mice | mysz |
nanny | nannies | niania |
neurosis | neuroses | nerwica |
nucleus | nuclei | jądro |
oasis | oases | oaza |
octopus | octopi | ośmiornica |
party | parties | impreza |
pass | passes | przepustka |
penny | pennies | pens |
person | people | człowiek |
plateau | plateaux | płaskowyż |
poppy | poppies | mak |
potato | potatoes | ziemniak |
quiz | quizzes | test, kwiz |
reflex | reflexes | odruch |
runner-up | runners-up | zdobywca II miejsca |
scarf | scarves | szalik |
scratch | scratches | zadrapanie |
series | series | seria |
sheaf | sheaves | snop |
sheep | sheep | owca |
shelf | shelves | półka |
son-in-law | sons-in-law | zięć |
species | species | gatunek |
splash | splashes | plusk |
spy | spies | szpieg |
stitch | stitches | ścieg |
story | stories | opowieść |
syllabus | syllabi | program nauczania |
tax | taxes | podatek |
thesis | theses | praca naukowa |
thief | thieves | złodziej |
tomato | tomatoes | pomidor |
tooth | teeth | ząb |
tornado | tornadoes | huragan |
try | tries | próba |
volcano | volcanoes | wulkan |
waltz | waltzes | walc |
wash | washes | pranie |
watch | watches | zegarek |
wharf | wharves | nabrzeże |
wife | wives | żona |
woman | women | kobieta |