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Jesuses is the plural, just like bus/buses.
Jesus' or Jesus's are the possessives.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:02 am The plural of Jesus? |
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What will the Catholic Church say when they find out you are talking about the plural of Jesus?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:06 am Plural of jesus |
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Jesus! I didn't think of that!
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:11 am Plural of 'jesus' |
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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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| #7 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:21 am Plural of 'jesus' |
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| Torsten wrote: | | Grammatically speaking the plural of Jesus is a bit like the plural of Charles, isn't it? |
Yes, it does get a bit tricky. Do you think that's why many Charleses prefer being called Chuck ... just to eliminate potential plural confusion? 
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:30 am Plural of first names |
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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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| #9 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 13:02 pm What is the plural of JESUS? |
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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!
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" 
(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...?
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