Plural Nouns
Plural Nouns
Polish plurals don't follow one simple rule like English -s — the ending you add depends on the noun's gender and its final sound, and a few common words change shape entirely.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Plurals Take Several Different Endings
kot → koty, dom → domy, kobieta → kobiety
cat → cats, house → houses, woman → women
Depending on gender and the noun's last consonant, plurals add -y, -i, -a, or -e. There's no single ending like English '-s' to lean on — kot becomes koty, okno becomes okna, książka becomes książki. You'll pick up the patterns gradually as you meet more nouns; for now, learn each plural alongside its singular.
A Few Common Words Change Shape Entirely
dziecko → dzieci, rok → lata
child → children, year → years
Like English 'child → children' or 'go → went', a handful of frequent Polish nouns don't just take a new ending — they switch to a different stem in the plural. dziecko → dzieci and rok → lata are two of the most common ones you'll run into early, so it's worth memorizing them as irregular pairs rather than trying to derive them from a rule.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- cat
- English
- cats
- English
- house
- English
- houses
- English
- woman
- English
- women
- English
- window
- English
- windows
- English
- child
- English
- children
- English
- year
- English
- years