[jacksonm]

Because unlike some other languages, we do not pluralize every word in a group of nouns or adjectives.


For example, in Finnish you would say:

Halvat Autot (Cheap Cars) (definite plural), Halpoja Autoja (Cheap Cars) (indefinite plural), Halpa Auto (Cheap Car) (singular)

But in Finnish, the plural looks like "Cheaps Cars", because "Halvat / Halpoja" is the plural of "Halpa". This is quite strange to deal with when you're a native English speaker. I understand the grammar, but it still seems stupid to me to pluralize adjectives. Germans do it, too - they not only pluralize adjectives, but adjectives and articles also change endings according to the case (nominativ, dativ, genativ, akkusativ). Thank god Finnish doesn't have articles, that would truly be a nightmare.


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