How to form the plural in Faroese

You want to learn how to use the plural in Faroese? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Faroese lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Faroese.

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Faroese nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Faroese is generally formed by means of a structural change to the noun.

Examples

bøkur

books

dreingir

boys

menn

men

hús

houses

børn

children

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About Faroese

Faroese is a scandinavian language spoken by about 50,000 people on the Faroe Islands and roughly 15,000 people in Denmark. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Faroese would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Faroese

Learn to get by in Faroese with these useful words and phrases. The phrases below will help you to greet people in Faroese, introduce yourself in Faroese and even hold a conversation in Faroese after you have met someone.

Vælkomin

Welcome !

Hey

Hello !

Góða eyðnu!

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Step 5 : The plural in Faroese

The plural is important in Faroese when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns bók, stólur and hurð (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are bøkur, stólar and hurðar. Now learn how to use each of these Faroese plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are bøkurnar, stólarnir and hurðarnar (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Faroese plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of bók, stólur and hurð, you can move on to Step 6 (Faroese demonstrative pronouns).

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Faroese demonstrative pronouns

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