Look at these examples:
Je préfère ce château aux autres châteaux.
I prefer this castle to the other castles.
Le bateau rouge rejoint les autres bateaux.
The red boat is catching up with the other boats.
Andréa mange un gâteau, et je mange trois gâteaux !
Andrea eats one cake, and I eat three cakes !
Cette couronne a un joyau bleu et deux joyaux rouges.
This crown has one blue gem and two red gems.
Note that nouns ending in -au, -eau take an -x in the plural form, and not an -s.
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Examples and resources
Le bateau rouge rejoint les autres bateaux.
The red boat is catching up with the other boats.
"Les pluriel des noms" by youlearnfrench.blogspot.com
Je préfère ce château aux autres châteaux.
I prefer this castle to the other castles.
Cette couronne a un joyau bleu et deux joyaux rouges.
This crown has one blue gem and two red gems.
Andréa mange un gâteau, et je mange trois gâteaux !
Andrea eats one cake, and I eat three cakes !
Q&A
Sherry
Kwiziq community member
2 January 2017
2 replies
Bonjour. Are "joyau" and "joyaux" pronounced correctly in the example above?
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
3/01/17
Sherry
Kwiziq community member
20/01/17
Arndis
Kwiziq community member
16 August 2018
1 reply
How is the question "What does ''noyau'' mean?" relevant to the lesson?
And where is the answer to be found in the lesson? It was one of the questions in the micro-quiz.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
17 August 2018
17/08/18
Hi Arndís,
'Noyau' is one of those words ending in 'au' whose plural is a silent 'x' .
Hope this helps!