You don't drop the 'y' you just add 's' to make the plural monkeys.
You drop the y and add ies to get libraries. You can also say - change the y to an i and add es.
Some words that end in the vowel y and add es to form the plural are alley, journey, and key.
Just s, es, if there is y then remove Y and add ies after it
The plural of nouns that end in "y" can be formed by changing the "y" to "i" and adding "es." For example, "city" becomes "cities" in the plural form.
Some plural nouns that end in -es or -ies are:baby, babiesberry, berriesbox, boxesbranch, branchesflash, flashesfox, foxesglass, glassesguess, guesseskiss, kissesmatch, matchesmiss, missespony, poniesquiz, quizzesshelf, shelvesstory, storieswaltz, waltzeswatch, watcheswish, wisheswolf, wolveswrench, wrenches
Mi refresco favorito es "Sprite" This is how to pronounce it: (Me rehfreisco faivohrihtou ies Sprite)
ly, es, 's, ies, ed, ing, ing, lings
Nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant, drops the -y and adds -ies to form the plural: the singular enemy to the plural enemies.
Lass es schon.
D. adding -s to the word
The basic rule is for nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by dripping the 'y' and 'ies'. For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding 's' only. Why this came about, I do not know. Perhaps a question for the category 'word origins'.Some examples for nouns that drop the Y and add IES for plurals are:babiesdaisiesladiesstoriesdairiesfairiespartiescountriesSome examples for nouns that do not drop the Y for plurals:alleysboyschimneysdaysessaysjoyskeysmonkeys
No, they all have -s attached. Sometimes they have: -es watches / goes / does -ies flies / studies