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Basque Plural

This page provides information about the plural in Basque. Below is a list of singular (one) and plural (many) words, listed side by side.

Woman: emakumea
Women: emakumeak
Language: Hizkuntza.
Languages: Hizkuntzak
Man: gizona
Men: gizonak
Country: herrialdea
Countries: Herrialdeak.
Boy: mutila
Boys: Mutilak.
Lake: lakua
Lakes: Lakuak.
Girl: neska
Girls: Neskak.
Pen: boligrafoa
Pens: Boligrafoak.

These examples show a sentence with both singular and plural forms. The list includes the use of nouns, numbers and pronouns.

I visited one country: Herrialde bat bisitatu dut.
She visited three countries: Berak hiru herrilde bisitatu ditu.
She has one sister: Ahizpa bat dauka.
He has two sisters: Berak bi arreba ditu.
We speak two languages: Guk bi huzkuntza hitz egiten ditugu.
They speak four languages: Lau hizkuntza hitz egiten ditut.

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