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Lesson 8A1

Plural Nouns

பன்மைப் பெயர்ச்சொற்கள்

Tamil pluralizes almost every noun the same simple way — add -கள். Polish plurals don't follow one rule like that: the ending depends on the noun's gender and its final sound, and a few common words change shape entirely.

Grammar Comparison

இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு

Plurals Take Several Different Endings, Not One Like Tamil's -கள்

Polish

kot → koty, dom → domy, kobieta → kobiety

Tamil

பூனை → பூனைகள், வீடு → வீடுகள்

Tamil adds -கள் to almost any noun to pluralize it, with very few exceptions. Polish has no single equivalent: depending on gender and the noun's last consonant, plurals add -y, -i, -a, or -e instead — 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 rather than expecting one rule to cover every word.

A Few Common Words Change Shape Entirely

Polish

dziecko → dzieci, rok → lata

Tamil

குழந்தை → குழந்தைகள் (regular, unlike Polish here)

Tamil pluralization stays regular even for words like குழந்தை (child) — just add -கள். A handful of frequent Polish nouns don't just take a new ending, though — they switch to a different stem entirely 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, the way you never need to for Tamil plurals.

Vocabulary

சொற்கள்

kotkoht
Tamil
பூனைpūṉai
English
cat
kotyKOH-tih
Tamil
பூனைகள்pūṉaikaḷ
English
cats
domdohm
Tamil
வீடுvīṭu
English
house
domyDOH-mih
Tamil
வீடுகள்vīṭukaḷ
English
houses
kobietakoh-BYEH-tah
Tamil
பெண்peṇ
English
woman
kobietykoh-BYEH-tih
Tamil
பெண்கள்peṇkaḷ
English
women
oknoOHK-noh
Tamil
ஜன்னல்jaṉṉal
English
window
oknaOHK-nah
Tamil
ஜன்னல்கள்jaṉṉalkaḷ
English
windows
dzieckoJETS-koh
Tamil
குழந்தைkuḻandhai
English
child
dzieciJEH-chee
Tamil
குழந்தைகள்kuḻandhaikaḷ
English
children
rokrohk
Tamil
வருடம்varuḍam
English
year
lataLAH-tah
Tamil
வருடங்கள்varuḍaṅgaḷ
English
years