Forming the plural of nouns ending in -au or -eau

Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Level A1, Nouns & Articles, Pluriel

Questions: 5

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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Arndis

Kwiziq community member

16 August 2018

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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!

 

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Sherry

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2 January 2017

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Bonjour. Are "joyau" and "joyaux" pronounced correctly in the example above?

Aurélie

Kwiziq language super star

3 January 2017

3/01/17

Bonjour Sherry ! Yes, both "joyau" and its plural form "joyaux" are pronounced the same way in French, as the "-x" is mute. I hope that's helpful! Bonne Année !

Sherry

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20 January 2017

20/01/17

Merci, Aurélie.

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