Inj4ll t1_ja7c0ly wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:29 AM

Reply to comment by CrashBandioof420 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

I confirm that in french adding a s for plural is the default rule.

philliamswinequeen t1_jabm3od wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:42 AM

Someone tell me how that makes sense coz verbally they usually don’t add an ‘s’ sound. idk french has such obscure pronunciation rules T_T… is French mostly based on writing??

Inj4ll t1_jaboomc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:14 AM

In english there only a few deterministic words: "the, thoses, these..."

In french there is a lot more.

Ex:

I eat the banana / I eat bananas

Je mange la banane / Je mange des bananes

We don't hear the s at the end but the word "des" specify it's plural verbally.

It can also be "je mange les bananes"

Using "des" is to talk about some random bananas. Using "les" is to talk about specific bananas in the context of the conversation