Pokemon Plural?

[DialgaDiamond]

How do you saw Pokemon in Plural form? I hear a lot of people say it different ways, like Pokemen, Pokemons, but I just say it Pokemon. How would you say it?

 

[Parabolic]

I just say POKeMON. Considering it's a Japanese combo word (which are abundant there...) of "Pocket" and "Monsters" and there really isn't an alteration to a word if it is plural in the Japanese language... I would say it just stays the same. Like moose. :)

 

[the bitter end.]

Pokemon, I've seen people call them pokemanz though...

 

[Cherrim]

The plural of Pokémon is officially Pokémon. If you pay attention to the games and anime, you'll catch phrases like "There are so many different kinds of Pokémon" and there's your indication.

Anyone who says otherwise is just making fun of Pokémon or is too used to pluralizing with an s at the end. :P

 

[eleven_1]

I've seen people call them pokemanz though...

This is the one I hear all the time.

For me its Pokemon, like it should be.;)

 

[Hiidoran]

Actually, there are very few plurals in the Japanes language at all. o_O;

Aside from that, I think Pokémon is the correct plural. I've heard multiple creatures being referred to as "Pokémon" and not "Pokémons" in the anime.
(I tend to go with the anime for all pronunciations and such.)
Pokémons or Pokémen sounds a little silly to my ears.

 

[DialgaDiamond]

Pokémons or Pokémen sounds a little silly to my ears.

I totally agree. It drives me nutes when people say that. -Cuffs hands to ears-

 

[Azonic]

The plural of Pokémon is officially Pokémon. If you pay attention to the games and anime, you'll catch phrases like "There are so many different kinds of Pokémon" and there's your indication.

Anyone who says otherwise is just making fun of Pokémon or is too used to pluralizing with an s at the end. :P

Yeah, Lightning said it all. The anime never says "Pokemons", and Pokemen is just... no.

Same goes for Pokemon names. There are a lot of Pikachu would be correct, not Pikachus. It would be way too confusing if we did apply all these plural english rules. There would be Azelves. o_o

 

[Haza]

It actuallyis just Pokemon

 

[Cherrim]

Yeah, Lightning said it all. The anime never says "Pokemons", and Pokemen is just... no.

Same goes for Pokemon names. There are a lot of Pikachu would be correct, not Pikachus. It would be way too confusing if we did apply all these plural english rules. There would be Azelves. o_o

Amen, I hate when people just add S to pluralize a Pokémon's name. <_<; I even catch myself doing it sometimes and I kick myself for it. It just sounds so weird. D: Nothing is any different in the Pokémon series whether it's singular or plural.

 

[MasterPokemon409]

I say Pokemon. I also say Pikachu (5 Pikachu). It grates on me when people add s to it, as they do not do that in the anime, so I take that as the official pronunciation guide.

 

[Parabolic]

Exactly. Like a group of Moose. Same applies to a flock of Pidgey. I also think that it sounds cooler. :P

 

[Luck]

Its just pokémon, for every pokémon and plural.
i feel like grating my teeth when someone utters the word "pokémons" or "pokémen".
Pokémen might've worked in the first generation(doubt it), but not now.
It is pokémon, and only pokémon, it always was and will always be pokémon.
its the same way with certain pokémon like miltank or larvitar.
EG.There are five larvitar there.
Not there are five larivitars there.
i have always hated the saying "i herd u liek mudkipz" because of the spelling errors and z/s at the end.

 

[Neko]

Lol Pokemen. XD

I say the plural like "Pokemon". Pokemons just sounds kind of weird to me. It's like... something an poke-educated adult would say. That or a n00b. <<

'S kind of like sheep or deer~


-Neko

 

[Dusclord]

Pokémon is a proper noun, isn't it ?

 

[Jaydin Knight]

I just call them Pokemon. Same for most of the Pokemon - it's not Laprases, it's Lapras. It's not Pikachus, it's Pikachu. But for say, the Pokemon Articuno, it's Articunos, not just 'a bunch of Articuno'...

 

[JX Valentine]

Pokémon is a proper noun, isn't it ?

[grammar nazi mode] Technically no, if it's being used to refer to the creatures. While it's usually capitalized because it's copyrighted, the term "Pokemon" applies to a vast number of creatures, much like the word "animal" is just a blanket term for a number of animate creatures. Or, in simpler (less pretentious) terms, a number of things that move. So, therefore, the word doesn't name a specific individual, so it's not technically a proper noun. It's a common noun.

Unless in reference to the games or the name of the franchise, at which point, yes, it's a proper. [/grammar nazi mode]

That said, while I chuckle at the word "Pokemen" (because that just sounds like an adult site waiting to happen), yeah, no S at the end of anything.

 

[Saltare.]

Normal way:


Pokemon



That's the correct plural

 

[Legobricks]

The Japanese language does not have any distinction between plural and singular nouns (apparently), thus the undisputably correct plural is Pokemon.

 

[ultradarkrai]

The plural of Pokémon is officially Pokémon. If you pay attention to the games and anime, you'll catch phrases like "There are so many different kinds of Pokémon" and there's your indication.

Anyone who says otherwise is just making fun of Pokémon or is too used to pluralizing with an s at the end. :P

Correct, but also people who don't really know what Pokemon is. Also, the aren't the names of Pokemon only said in singular?