Plurals

Plurals

In Turkish, the plural suffixes are -lar and -ler. It is used the rules of Major Vowel Harmony to pick up which suffix to use. Words that end with one of (a, ı, o, u) will get -lar added to it, while those whose last vowel is one of (e, i, ö, ü) will be followed by -ler.


Singular                                        Plural

İnsan   (human)                                İnsanlar  (humans)
Köpek  (dog)                                    Köpekler  (dogs)
Kız   (girl)                                        Kızlar  (girls)
Çocuk (child)                                   Çocuklar  (children)
Kalem (pencil)                                 Kalemler  (pencils)
Fare  (mouse)                                   Fareler  (mice)
Bulut(cloud)                                     Bulutlar  (clouds)
El  (hand)                                          Eller  (hands)
      

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