how do you pluralize "el pais"?

Question

im trying to say "....than other countries."

Answer 1

que otros países

Answer 2

Hmmm, it is el país (with an accent) in the singular & los paises (without an accent) in the plural. Así que el correcto es "que otros paises."

I would think the accent would stay as it is there to separate the A and I sounds out. It does go away in cases like Mechón (mechones) where it is not breaking up a diphthong. Or am I mistaken? - 003487d6, Oct 23, 2009

You can just remember that words composed of 2 or more syllables normally have their stress on the 2nd to the last syllable. So when you pluralized mechón, the o in mechones went to the 2nd syllable, hence, no more need to accentuate - Deanski, Oct 23, 2009

Answer 3

thanks so much!

Answer 4

In Spanish, this is very easy: words ending in a vowel - add an "s"; words ending in a consonant, add "es". When the word ends in "z", change the "z" to "c" before adding the "es" (example: "luz/light" becomes "luces/lights".

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

How i put these words into a sentence. "país and Inés."