How to form the plural in Mandinka

How to form the plural in Mandinka

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

Mandinka 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 Mandinka is generally formed by adding '-lu' to the end of the word.

Examples

buŋolu
houses
musōlu
women
kambānōlu
boys
kēlu
men
dātawaudaŋolu
doors
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The plural is important in Mandinka when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are kitābōlu, sīraŋolu and tawundaŋolu. Now learn how to use each of these Mandinka plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are kitābōlu, sīraŋolu and tawundaŋolu (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Mandinka plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of kitābō, sīraŋo and tawundaŋo, you can move on to Step 6 (Mandinka demonstrative pronouns).

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