To form the plural of a noun in Amharic, you have to add the suffix -woč or -oč depending if the noun ends in a vowel or a consonant.For example:
English
AmharicSingular
AhmaricPlural
Student/s
tämariተማሪ
tämariwočተማሪዎች
House/s
betቤት
betočቤቶች
But it is also possible to add the suffix -oč to a noun ending in a vowel if we drop the last vowel to the [...]
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