Have you ever stopped to wonder why some nouns, when written in the plural, take on different endings from each other? Is it for a special reason?
Well, we'll make one more discovery, among the many we've made so far, right? So please note:
captain - captainbrethren
lemon - lemonions
brother - sisterto the
As we have just seen, according to the ending of each noun there is a different way to indicate the plural. For this reason, from now on we will know all the cases in which this occurs, studying each one separately. So let's go!!!
For the plural of nouns that have this ending, there are three forms:
* Some acquire the ending expressed by “ions”: 
In this same case, some augmentatives are included, such as:
big house - big houses
smart-ass – smart-ass
big nose - big nose
big boys – big boys
loud voices – loud voices...
* Some of them change their ending to “ães”:
* Some oxytones and all paroxytones have their plural formed just by adding the “s”:
Ah! We cannot forget this other very important detail:
* Many even have more than one form. Note:
villager – villagers / villagers / villagers
dwarf - dwarfs / dwarfs
surgeon – surgeons / surgeons
guardian – guardians / guardians
volcano – volcanoes / volcanoes...
Take the opportunity to check out our video lesson related to the subject:
