Plurals, part 2

Other forms
final -y after a consonant (eg d t l n s) changes to -ies

lady	ladies
baby	babies
university	universities
mystery	mysteries
city	cities
anniversary	anniversaries

If the final y is after a vowel (a e i o u ) you just add -s as usual

boy	boys
day	days
monkey	monkeys
key	keys

This doesn't apply to names:
the Murphys
2 Bloody Marys


If the word ends in -o, usually you add -es (Lots of exceptions though:memos, ratios)

potato	potatoes
hero	heroes

Test yourself (includes some from the previous post)

1. Monday
2. donkey
3. match
4. colony
5. tomato
6. holiday
7. hero
8. daisy

ANSWERS:




sǝısıɐp ˙8
sǝoɹǝɥ ˙7
sʎɐpıloɥ ˙6
sǝoʇɐɯoʇ ˙5
sǝıuoloɔ ˙4
sǝɥɔʇɐɯ ˙3
sʎǝʞuop ˙2
sʎɐpuoɯ ˙1