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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Ultimateria 03:09, 19 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Two things edit

  1. Could you look at this? When you're adding translations, there's the "Show more" button, upon pushing which you should see a text bar for "Qualifier" - that's where you'll want to put the "informal singular" and notes like that.
  2. It could be really useful for other Wiktionary editors if you add a {{Babel}} to your user page. If you're not sure how it works, just follow the link there to the template and it explains how to use it in fairly simple detail. Hope you can stick around and enjoy editing with us. :) — [Ric Laurent]03:50, 10 October 2011 (UTC)Reply