Plural Nouns
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English pluralizes with a single suffix most of the time, much like Tamil — but a short list of very common nouns breaks the rule in ways that have to be memorized individually.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
-s is the default, matching Tamil's own single-suffix habit
book → books, dog → dogs, chair → chairs
புத்தகம் → புத்தகங்கள், நாய் → நாய்கள் — the -கள் suffix works for almost every noun
Both languages default to one predictable suffix for plurals — Tamil's -கள் and English's -s — so this part of English should already feel intuitive. Where English gets harder is its handful of irregular plurals inherited from Old English: man → men, child → children, foot → feet, mouse → mice. These don't follow the -s rule at all and must be memorized as a short, closed list, the same way you'd memorize any exception.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- Tamil (English explanations)
- புத்தகம் → புத்தகங்கள்puthagam → puthagangaḷ
- Tamil (English explanations)
- குழந்தை → குழந்தைகள்kuḻandhai → kuḻandhaigaḷ
- Tamil (English explanations)
- மனிதன் → மனிதர்கள்manithan → manithargaḷ
- Tamil (English explanations)
- கால் → கால்கள்kāl → kālgaḷ
- Tamil (English explanations)
- எலி → எலிகள்eli → eligaḷ
- Tamil (English explanations)
- மீன் → மீன்கள்mīn → mīngaḷ