Plural Nouns
బహువచన నామవాచకాలు
Telugu pluralizes almost every noun the same simple way — add -లు. 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
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Plurals Take Several Different Endings, Not One Like Telugu's -లు
kot → koty, dom → domy, kobieta → kobiety
పిల్లి → పిల్లులు, ఇల్లు → ఇళ్ళు
Telugu adds -లు 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
dziecko → dzieci, rok → lata
పిల్లవాడు → పిల్లలు (regular, unlike Polish here)
Telugu pluralization stays regular even for a word like పిల్లవాడు (child) — the plural పిల్లలు follows the expected pattern. 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 Telugu plurals.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- పిల్లిpilli
- English
- cat
- Telugu
- పిల్లులుpillulu
- English
- cats
- Telugu
- ఇల్లుillu
- English
- house
- Telugu
- ఇళ్ళుillu
- English
- houses
- Telugu
- స్త్రీstree
- English
- woman
- Telugu
- స్త్రీలుstreelu
- English
- women
- Telugu
- కిటికీkitikee
- English
- window
- Telugu
- కిటికీలుkitikeelu
- English
- windows
- Telugu
- పిల్లవాడుpillavaadu
- English
- child
- Telugu
- పిల్లలుpillalu
- English
- children
- Telugu
- సంవత్సరంsamvatsaram
- English
- year
- Telugu
- సంవత్సరాలుsamvatsaraalu
- English
- years