Plural Nouns
బహువచనం
German pluralizes nouns in several unpredictable ways — adding -e, -er, -(e)n, -s, or nothing at all, sometimes with an umlaut added — unlike Telugu, which pluralizes nearly every noun the same simple way.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
One suffix vs. five patterns
der Tisch → die Tische; das Kind → die Kinder; die Frau → die Frauen; das Auto → die Autos
బల్ల → బల్లలు; బిడ్డ → బిడ్డలు; స్త్రీ → స్త్రీలు (always -లు, with a small stem tweak for words ending in -ం)
Telugu pluralizes nearly every noun by adding -లు — one rule, with only a small predictable tweak (a noun ending in -ం, like పుస్తకం, drops that ending and takes -ాలు instead: పుస్తకాలు). German has at least five different plural patterns (-e, -er, -(e)n, -s, or no change, sometimes combined with an umlaut on the vowel), and which pattern a given noun takes isn't predictable from its singular form. There's no shortcut: like the article, the plural form has to be memorized alongside each new noun.
German's plural article simplifies to one word
der Mann → die Männer; die Frau → die Frauen; das Kind → die Kinder (all become die)
బహువచనంలో -లు ఎప్పుడూ ఒకే విధంగా వస్తుంది, పాలినం ఎలా ఉన్నా
Telugu has no articles to simplify in the first place, so there's nothing directly parallel to der/die/das collapsing into a single plural die. But the underlying idea still transfers: Telugu's -లు plural suffix doesn't care whether the singular noun was 'rational' (మహత్) or 'non-rational' (అమహత్) — it attaches the same way regardless. German's plural article works the same way, ignoring gender entirely once a noun goes plural — one place where German actually simplifies rather than complicates.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- బల్ల → బల్లలుballa → ballalu
- English
- table → tables
- Telugu
- బిడ్డ → బిడ్డలుbidda → biddalu
- English
- child → children
- Telugu
- స్త్రీ → స్త్రీలుstree → streelu
- English
- woman → women
- Telugu
- కారు → కార్లుkaaru → kaarlu
- English
- car → cars
- Telugu
- మనిషి → మనుషులుmanishi → manushulu
- English
- man → men
- Telugu
- పుస్తకం → పుస్తకాలుpusthakam → pusthakaalu
- English
- book → books
- Telugu
- నగరం → నగరాలుnagaram → nagaraalu
- English
- city → cities