Nouns(名词)
Common Nouns (常用名词)
Common nouns are general names that refer to people, animals, objects, buildings, places, etc.
Example:
baby(婴儿)
lion(狮子)
pen(钢笔)
school(学校)
zoo(动物园)
Proper Nouns (专有名词)
Proper nouns are the names of a particular person, country, town, city, street, month and day, etc.
The first letter of a capital letter.
Example:
Mr Lee
Siti Nurhaliza
Dr Johari
Malaysia
Singapore
January
Friday
Abstract Nouns (抽象名词)
Abstract nouns are things that we cannot see or touch but can feel and think about.
Name of special qualities, emotion, action or condition.
It is used to refer to felling, concepts, ideas, states of mind.
Example:
love (爱)
joy(喜悦)
music(音乐)
happiness(幸福)
Collective Nouns (具体名词)
Used when we refer to a number of people, animals, or objects that belong to same group.
Example:
band(乐队)
class(类)
flock(群)
comb
school
Countable & Uncountable
Nouns can be divided into two:
Uncountable nouns- used for things that cannot be counted. They do not have a plural form.
Gender
This noun tells whether a person or an animal is a male or female.
There are four types of gender.
Singulars & Plurals
Nouns have two numbers:
The singular number(one person, animal thing or place)
The plural number(more then one person, animal, thing or place)
Plural nouns are divided into three types:
Common Nouns (常用名词)
Common nouns are general names that refer to people, animals, objects, buildings, places, etc.
Example:
baby(婴儿)
lion(狮子)
pen(钢笔)
school(学校)
zoo(动物园)
Proper Nouns (专有名词)
Proper nouns are the names of a particular person, country, town, city, street, month and day, etc.
The first letter of a capital letter.
Example:
Mr Lee
Siti Nurhaliza
Dr Johari
Malaysia
Singapore
January
Friday
Abstract Nouns (抽象名词)
Abstract nouns are things that we cannot see or touch but can feel and think about.
Name of special qualities, emotion, action or condition.
It is used to refer to felling, concepts, ideas, states of mind.
Example:
love (爱)
joy(喜悦)
music(音乐)
happiness(幸福)
Collective Nouns (具体名词)
Used when we refer to a number of people, animals, or objects that belong to same group.
Example:
band(乐队)
class(类)
flock(群)
comb
school
Countable & Uncountable
Nouns can be divided into two:
- Countable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns- used for things that cannot be counted. They do not have a plural form.
Gender
This noun tells whether a person or an animal is a male or female.
There are four types of gender.
- Masculine- Used for all males.
- Feminine- Used for all females.
- Common- Used for both male and females.
- Neuter- used for things which have no life or sex.
Singulars & Plurals
Nouns have two numbers:
The singular number(one person, animal thing or place)
The plural number(more then one person, animal, thing or place)
Plural nouns are divided into three types:
- regular plural
- irregular plural
- foreign plural
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