Learn plural of nouns in Ukrainian with this table. All you need to know is the gender of a noun and the ending of the stem – hard (like in дід, мама) or soft (like in дідусь, матуся).
Be careful! There are some vowel changes too (in the masculine gender).
Can you think of more examples for each rule? Write down in the comments!
Фільм – фільми ― a movie – movies
Жінка – жінки ― a woman – women
Слово – слова ― a word – words
Хлопець – хлопці ― a boy – boys
Груша – груші ― a pear – pears
Море – моря ― a sea – seas
Огірок – огірки ― a cucumber – cucumbers
Річ – речі ― a thing – things
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Thank you very much for this useful lesson. Now I studied a bit further and there is something I don’t quite understand. Why the ending of the plural form is sometimes – і and sometimes – ї, although the ending of the words is – я?
For example:
бабуся – бабусі, пісня – пісні, неділя – неділі
нація – нації, сім’я – сім’ї, пенсія – пенсії
Привіт! Будь ласка 🙂
It’s a very good question, Dottie. See, in Ukrainian я, ю, є, ї can be pronounced in 2 ways:
1. [a], [у], [е]
2. [йa], [йу], [йе], [йі] (after a soft sign, apostrophe or a vowel)
So, the ending is always [і], but in the words like нація – нації, пенсія – пенсії there is [й] sound which attaches to [i] and they make the letter ї together.
Hope that was clear and I could help 🙂
Щасти!
Дуже дякую, Анно! 🙂