(masculine singular) el can (the dog) → ("neuter plural") i can (the dogs).Moreover, despite a clear masculine-feminine distinction in singular nouns, plural forms of related nouns are identical and essentially neuter, lacking any gender distinction whatsoever. In Western Lombard therefore the differentiation between the singular and the plural form does not exist as a suffix but it is individuated by the obligatory use of the article before them. In Lombard the use of the article is a must before every noun in every occasion possible, even before the proper names excluded only vocative utterances of them. In Western Lombard most of the substantives do not change when they form a plural the differentiation between the singular and the plural is noticed by the speakers by using the article before the noun.
While the Eastern variety changed during the Venetian domination by acquiring the vowel plural, in Western Lombard virtually no variation exists between singulars and plurals. The third strategy is present in the Lombard language, especially in the Western Lombard dialect which is the most conservative and archaic variety of the language. The main examples of modern Romance languages exhibiting this type of plural marking are Italian, Venetian, Gallo-Italic languages and Romanian. Italian: buon a madr e "good mother (sing.)" → buon e madr i "good mothers (plur.)".The second strategy involves changing (or adding) the final vowel: Modern languages that have this type of plural suffix include Catalan, French, Occitan, Portuguese, Galician, Romansh, Sardinian and Spanish. Spanish: buena madre "good mother (sing.)" → buena s madre s "good mothers (plur.)".One strategy is the addition of the plural suffix -s. Romance languages can be divided into two broad groups depending on how the regular plural forms of nouns and adjectives are formed. This article describes the different ways of forming the plural forms of nouns and adjectives in the Romance languages, and discusses various hypotheses about how these systems emerged historically from the declension patterns of Vulgar Latin. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( May 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
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