Plurals.

The plural of Hentai is Hentai, goddamn it.

I thought that was obvious. What brought this on?

Uh-huh. Someone or something upsets you, Nouta?

Come to think of it, the plural form of the term "hentai" has never crossed my mind.

If we were to add an "s", "hentais" would look weird, right?

No offense Noutakun.

The general ignorance of our noobs annoys me. /facepalm yourself.

Noutakun has raised a valid point guys. A lot of people make that mistake, especially people who take English as a second language (IE: Sheep/Sheeps, it doesn't work)

It's all because English is a very complicated language. Even the most fluent speakers have trouble with it.

poor thing, he might not be the best at English, but at least he tries ; ;

Is hentai an adjective or a noun?

If the word is supposed to mean "perverted" then its definitely an adjective. It has no plural form.



Since when was hentai an english word? If anything, its english speakers who have english as their primary language who are making the mistake.



Agreed. If the plural of Goose=geese then the plural of Moose should be meese. But it isn't. Many of the rules converting a singular word of english to its plural form are completely random.

Hentai is an adjective ONLY when using it in lieu of pervert.

i.e. You're such a hentai!

HOWEVER, Hentai, as slang for Anime/Manga porn, is universal. There is no definite language. It's the same as saying the word no has one definite language.

I was talking about its application within the English language. I would have thought this apparent, and that I wasn't saying it was English.

If the plural of pervert is perverts, why shouldn't the plural of hentai be hentais?

So, this sentence should be right:

"Hentais all over the world (except Mozambique) visit Fakku"

If it is, then "hentais" _is_ the correct plural form of hentai.



While I agree that "hentais" as a plural form of the synonym of anime porn sounds bad (mainly because the word "porns" sounds terrible), why not?

And [citation] for everything, please. It helps to be a grammar nazi when you have sources to back it up.

I was talking about its application within the English language. I would have thought this apparent, and that I wasn't saying it was English

So why the jab at non-native english speakers not getting a word right, when the word isn't even english?

Because if you are speaking a whole sentence in English, you should try to get it right >within the confines of our language<. Hell, even 1st lang. English speakers should try to do that. I again, draw your attention to application within the English language.

Also, I wasn't attacking anything, it wasn't a jab at anything.

The truth is that a lot of people don't really care. We even make up our own words because they sound cool or we're just so pissed off at our own language.

But who actually care about THAT much? Because I couldn't care less. Hentai, hentais, it's not even in an English dictionary.

There are words in the English language where the singular and plural form remain the same... so...

Just use the word Hentai for both :wink: :wink:

Oh god you bring back this old thread a FAKKU member named blue.byke did. xD

Yeah, everyone stop jumping on my rants. The plural of Hentai (as in anime porn) is Hentai. Case closed.