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It was stated in Lesson III. that the plural of the masculine animate nouns and their adjectives ends in -i—měkké i. Since i, měkké, cannot follow a hard consonant this must soften, that is change into corresponding soft consonant. In softening, při měkčení

h changes into z,	druh, comrade,	druzi, comrades,
ch changes into š,	hoch, boy,	hoši, boys,
k changes into c,	voják, soldier,	vojáci, soldiers,
r changes into ř,	bratr, brother,	bratři, brothers.

d, t, n soften automatically upon the addition of i—di, ti, ni.

Neutral consonants simply add -i.

This change, called softening, is very important, it also occurs after ě.