What is the plural of JESUS?

[cathie]

Okay, this came up at dinner one night.

What is the plural of JESUS?

Is it Jesuses, Jesusses, Jesii, or what???

cathie

[Mister Micawber]

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Jesuses is the plural, just like bus/buses.

Jesus' or Jesus's are the possessives.
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[Torsten]

What will the Catholic Church say when they find out you are talking about the plural of Jesus?

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[Mister Micawber]

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Jesus! I didn't think of that!
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[Yankee]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Hi Torsten

Geez! You haven't forgotten our Jesus here in the forum, have you? ;)

Amy
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[Torsten]

Oh, yes the english-test.net Jesus -- the one who asks so many interesting questions. Grammatically speaking the plural of Jesus is a bit like the plural of Charles, isn't it?

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[Torsten]

To be honest, I don't think there are many situations in which you would use the plural of a person's name. This is probably because every person is unique...

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[Jesus1]

Hello! How is it going?

Oh my god! I can?t believe it!
Jesuses?

Are you joking? Maybe pulling my leg?

Torsten, Jesus must be laughing in heaven! :lol:


Well, you can use "Jesuses" in informal Spanish,
but I would say that?s not correct.

"How many Jesuses live here?"
(?Cu?ntos Jesuses viven aqu??)

Another informal way is using your
definite article 'the' (=El, La, Los...) before the
noun but in singular.

"The Jesus (Los Jes?s) don?t dream
of hell" :evil:
(Los Jes?s no sue?an con el infierno)

But, proper Spanish would be:

"How many people called Jesus
are listening to me from heaven at this
very moment?"
(?Cu?ntas personas llamadas Jes?s
me est?n escuchando desde el cielo
en este mismo momento?)

Remember!

Jesus in Spanish is Jes(?)s.
Can you see that mark, that "stress"?
We call it "acento".
Be careful! Jes(u)ses hasn?t
got any "acento" on the 'u'

By the way, Do you say "The Englishes,
The Spanishes... or The English,
The Spanish...? :lol:

Enjoy Saturday!

[Jason.e]

but what about fungus -> fungi? ending with "s" becomes "ses" but is it different for "us"? does "us" become "i"? i think it might be jesi or jesii

[Mister Micawber]

No, Jason. I suppose you are joking.
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[Sahid59]

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Mister Micaweber...can you please enlighten me..

who has the authority to decide on the English grammatical issues...any University..or any body of organization ...please..

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Better tomorrow with better English

[Mister Micawber]

No one has the authority. We are a free union of linguistic democracies. You may listen to whomever you please, but there are plenty of grammar books that contain generally accepted grammatical forms.
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[Puppet]

Suppose a man you know called 'Jesus'. And there was someone sitting next to him called 'Jesus' ,too. Since we've learned that the plural of 'Mr' could be by adding 's' to the surnames which are the same as Toresten explained before that. So it's ok to call them Jesuses. No offense. We came to learn.

[Jason.e]

i think the jesuses sound reasonable. so why does fungus become fungi while virus become viruses? both end with us, but pluralize in different ways. i see that names would follow different rules but what gives with the inconsistency? deer, etc?