Plural Cases: s deťmi, o ľuďoch, v horách

In the plural, the dative, locative and instrumental endings are nearly the same for every noun. The base form in this lesson is the nominative plural:

• dative (pomáhať, telefonovať, dať komu): masculine -om (žiakom, chlapcom), feminine and neuter -ám (ženám, mestám)
• locative (after v, na, o, po, pri): masculine -och (v obchodoch, o politikoch), feminine and neuter -ách (v horách, v dedinách)
• instrumental (after s, pred, medzi): -mi or -ami (s kamarátmi, so psami, so sestrami, medzi oknami)

After a long syllable the ending is short: lúka → na lúkach.

Learn the irregular deti → deťom, deťoch, deťmi and ľudia → ľuďom, ľuďoch, ľuďmi. The frequent rodičia is regular: rodičom, rodičoch, rodičmi.