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safe-saves hoof-hooves wolf-wolves life-lives knife-kives
Sure thing, honey. Words like "leaf" and "knife" turn into "leaves" and "knives" when they want to bring their friends along. So, if you see a word ending in "f" or "fe," just add "ves" and you're good to go.
Words ending in f or fe change to ves in the plural form to follow English language patterns and provide consistency in spelling and pronunciation. This change helps maintain the correct pronunciation of the word when adding the plural ending.
Nouns ending with -f or -fe (but not -ff or -ffe) replace the -f or -fe with -ves. Examples:calf; calveself; elveshalf; halveshoof' hoovesknife; knivesleaf; leavesloaf; loavesshelf; shelveswife; wiveswolf; wolvesThere are exceptions to this rule, for example:belief; beliefschef; chefschief; chiefsroof; roofsWhen in doubt which does change form and which just adds -s, consult a dictionary.
You look beautiful in Spanish is "Te ves hermosa."
Some words that end with the letters 'ves' are:adjectivesapprovesarrivesbelievescalvescaveschivesclovescravescurvesdeceivesdeservesdetectivesdissolvesdivesdovesdriveseaveselvesevesevolvesexecutivesexpletivesexplosivesfivesforgivesfugitivesgivesglovesgravesgrievesgroovesgroveshalvesheaveshiveshoovesimperativesimprovesincentivesinvolvesknaveskniveslaxitivesleaveslivesloaveslovesmotivesmovesnativesnegativesnervesobjectivesobservesoctavesolivesourselvespavespeevesperceivespositivespossessivespreservesprimitivesprovesravesreceivesrelativesrelievesrelivesremovesrepresentativesreservesresolvesretrievesrevivesrevolvesrovessavesscarvessedativesselvesservesshavessheavesshelvesshovessievesslavessleevessolvesstarvesstovesstrivesswervesthievesthriveswaveswiveswolves
The usual plural form for words ending in -f or -ef is to drop the f and add ves. There are exceptions to this rule where only an s is added to the end of the words.
wolf➡wolves Half➡halves Calf➡calves
The rule for making nouns ending an 'f' sound into the plural from is to drop off the 'f' and add 'ves'. Some examples are:calf - calvesknife - kniveslife - livessheaf - sheaveswife - wiveswolf - wolves
Some words end in -fe, e.g knife (that is in singular) but when you turn it to a plural you write knives.
Most of them. Ones which end in F (most of the time) get rid of the F and put in a ves. e.g leaf-leaves. Some just end in s. e.g clock-clocks. Some add an es. e.g Sandwich- sandwiches. Some get rid of the end of the word and add an i. e.g cactus-cacti.
safe-saves hoof-hooves wolf-wolves life-lives knife-kives
Sure thing, honey. Words like "leaf" and "knife" turn into "leaves" and "knives" when they want to bring their friends along. So, if you see a word ending in "f" or "fe," just add "ves" and you're good to go.
There are 13 words that have this form in plural. calf, half, knife, life, wife, elf, self, shelf, leaf, sheaf, thief, loaf and wolf. All words have the ending "ves" instead of "f" or "fe". 4 words have two plural endings. The words in these cases are able just to add a "s" onto their word instead of "ves". dwarf, hoof, scarf og wharf.
Some examples of words ending in 'f' and 'fe' that is changed to 'ves' to form the plural are:calf - calveshalf - halveself - elveshoof - hoovesknife - knivesleaf - leaveslife - livesloaf - loavesself - selvessheaf - sheavesshelf - shelvesthief - thieveswife - wiveswolf - wolves
take off f and add ves dwarf ~ dwarves
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