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Vocative Case (Wołacz) - Feminine Plural Nouns

Feminine Plural Nouns in Vocative Case take the following endings:
Endings-y/i-e

The -y/i ending usage

Use the -y/i ending for nouns whose stem ends with a hard consonant or -ść.
List of hard and soft consonants
How to determine when to use the -y or -i ending?
Examples
Feminine Singular Nominative CaseFeminine Plural Vocative CaseEnglish
krowakrowya cow
pielęgniarkapielęgniarkia nurse
nauczycielkanauczycielkia teacher
małpamałpya monkey
zasłonazasłonya curtain
łąkałąkia meadow
rzekarzekia river
drogadrogia road
noganogia leg
kośćkościa bone
myślmyśli*a thought

The -e ending usage

Use the -e ending for nouns whose stem ends with a soft consonant except -ść.
List of hard and soft consonants
Examples
Feminine Singular Nominative CaseFeminine Plural Vocative CaseEnglish
ulicaulicea street
burzaburzea storm
pomarańczapomarańczean orange
stajniastajniea barn
szyjaszyjea neck
duszaduszea soul
cebulacebulean onion
twarztwarzea face
nocnocea night
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