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Originally Posted by amrabdelkhalek
¡Buenas!
When a Spanish word ends in a vowel, we make it plural by adding only an 's'.
Example: ( El libro/Los libros )
But, ('El rey') becomes ( 'Los Reyes' ) in the plural!
Is it because 'y' is not a vowel in Spanish? Did I get that right?
¡Muchas gracias!
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The letter 'y', when it ends a word, is known as a semivowel.
There's a rule that says '
es' is added to nouns that end in '
y'.
(But the rule doesn't apply to 'loan words', like 'jersey' or 'gay'.)
(There are other rules regarding nouns that end in accented vowels, by the way.)