名词复数变化规则-规则变化
变化情况 | 构成方法 | 读音 | 例词 |
一般情况 | 加s | 1、清辅音后读/s/ 2、浊辅音和元音后读/z/,/s/、/z/、/dʒ/等音后发/iz/ | map-maps boy-boys girl-girls pen-pens bag-bags car-cars |
以s,sh,ch, x等结尾 | 加es | 读/iz/ | bus-buses watch-watches box-boxes brush-brushes |
以ce,se,ze, (d)ge等结尾 | 加s | 读 /iz/ | license-licenses |
以辅音字母+y结尾 | 变y为i再加es | 读/z/ | baby-babies city-cities country-countries |
以y结尾的专有名词或元音字母+y结尾的名词变复数时 | 直接加s | 读/z/ | monkey-monkeys holiday-holidays Mary-Marys(专有名词) |
以o 结尾的名词 | 加s | photo-photos piano-pianos radio-radios zoo-zoos; | |
加es | potato-potatoes tomato-tomatoes | ||
加s/加es均可 | zero-zeros / zeroes | ||
以f或fe 结尾的名词 | 加s | belief-beliefs roof-roofs safe-safes gulf-gulfs | |
去f,fe 加ves | half---halves knife-knives leaf-leaves wolf-wolves wife-wives life-lives thief-thieves | ||
均可 | handkerchief: handkerchiefs / handkerchieves |