Post B6HctSnYmWDsOWKK9Y by ics@tau-ceti.space
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 (DIR) Post #B6HctSnYmWDsOWKK9Y by ics@tau-ceti.space
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       Today I was reminded of an interesting peculiarity of Turkish language.Usually, if we want to use the plural version of a noun, we add "-ler" ot "-lar" suffix, depending on whether the last syllable was on a dark vowel or light vowel, eg:⁃ ev -> evler⁃ araba -> arabalarIt is similar to regular English nouns where you add an "s". It works nice when we say things like "those cars", "the houses", etc. So far so good,The peculiarity is when we make the plural specific, i.e. when we say how many cars, houses, etc. In English, we say "those 5 cars", or "the six houses". There is no difference on whether I specify a number or not wrt how we use the plural.In Turkish though, you can NOT add "-ler" or "-lar" when you indicate a number.Thus, "six houses" wouldn't become "6 evler", but instead "6 ev" (lit translation: 6 house); similarly, "those 5 cars" is "o 5 araba", not "arabalar".Otherwise it would be plural * plural (or plural-squared) in Turkish.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6HctT25uTqh7b7vo8 by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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       @ics and in Russian pluralization s are different depending on the number! In nominative case, for house:Singular: дом; Plural: дома́; 1 house (or also 21, 31, ..., 91, 101, 121, etc): 21 дом;2 houses (or also 22, 23, 24, 32, ..., 94, 102, 103, 104, 122, etc): 2 до́ма (different from plural with unspecified number); "1 до́ма" is also a valid expression but it means "home alone" (as in that movie, "someone is alone at house"), not "one house";5 houses (or also 6-20, 25-30, ..., 95-100, 106-120, etc; or also several, many, or even a couple): 5 домо́в.