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Nouns Usage in English A noun is a word that is used to refer a person (e.g. teacher), place (e.g. school) or object (e.g. book). In English whenever you are talking about one or more nouns, often you will denote this by adding an "s" at the end of the word; e.g. pencil/pencils. Sometimes the plural form of the noun is irregularly made by changing the entire word; e.g. person/people. Usage in Tigrigna Like in English a small change is made to denote a plural in Tigrigna, a lot of nouns just need "ታት" as a suffix; e.g. ከባቢ region - ከባቢታት regions. However here are some additional rules:
Again, as in English, there are many nouns which form the plural irregularly with the noun gaining/losing a prefix/suffix, and/or small changes within
the noun itself.
There is no method to pre-determine if a noun is regular or irregular; as with most cases in learning a new language, trial and error is the only way you will know. My advice is to treat an unknown noun as if it is a regular one; if you're wrong someone will eventually correct you. Here is a small list of Tigrigna nouns and how they're made into plurals. Can you spot which ones are formed irregularly?
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