All about Nouns.

KINDS OF NOUNS:

There are five types of nouns:

1. Proper nouns 

2. Common nouns 

3. Material nouns

4. Collective nouns  

5. Abstract nouns.  

Common Noun :

The names given by us to a class of persons, places, and things are called Common Nouns. Articles should be used before common nouns.

Eg : man, animal, bird, insect, mountain, city etc.

*Common Nouns can be divided into two types. 

1) Countable Nouns

2) Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns: (లెక్కింపదగిన నామవాచకములు)

Eg: man, woman, boy, city, box, pen etc.

Uncountable Nouns: Innumerable nouns. (లెక్కింప వీలులేని నామవాచకములు.)

Eg : rice, sugar, oil, gold, water etc.

Proper Noun: 

A particular name assigned to a person, place and thing is called proper Noun.

(Or)

Proper Noun is the unique name of a person, animal, object or place. 

Articles should not be used before proper Nouns.

 Ex: Charan, Sravya, Bengaluru, Gold, Charminar, Himalayas, Godavari etc.

 Note: All Proper Nouns should begin with a capital letter.

Collective Noun:

The name of a group of persons or objects of the same kind as a unit is called a Collective Noun. Collective Noun should be used before articles that specify certain people or objects as one. 

 Eg: family, nation, team, government, federation, jury, army, crowd, mob, parliament, cattle, herd, people, class, flock, bunch etc.

Some words denoting collection :

An army of soldiers

A board of directors

A basket of fruits

A bevy of girls

A bench of judges

A bunch of keys

A bundle of sticks

Not in separate parts but in masses, paste, or liquid form Material Nouns.

Eg: water, milk, oil, iron, sand, rice, sugar etc.

Abstract Noun :

Abstract Noun is the name of a quality, state or concept.

Quality: goodness, whiteness, ability, strength, weakness, kindness etc.

State: youth, childhood, boyhood, death, slavery etc.

Concept: hatred, fear, thought, sight etc. 

Abstract Nouns are chiefly formed from

1) Adjectives: 

wise- wisdom

idle- idleness

ii) Verbs:

see- sight

think- thought

iii) Nouns:

thief- theft

friend- friendship.

i. Adjectives - Noun Form (Abstract Nouns)

happy, సంతోషకరమైన - happiness, సంతోషము

proud, గర్వం గల - pride, గర్వము

beautiful, అందమైన - beauty, అందము

real, వాస్తవమైన - reality, వాస్తవికత

strong, బలమైన - strength, బలము

ii) Verbs - noun form:

know - knowledge 

live - life

Think- thought

Grow - growth

Decide - decision.

Noun(Common Noun) - Noun Form (Abstract Noun):

child(పిల్లపిల్లవాడు) - childhood (బాల్యము)

mother - motherhood (మాతృత్వము)

coward (పిరికివాడు)- cowardice, పిరికితనము

patriot (దేశభక్తుడు) - patriotism (దేశభక్తి)

hero (శూరుడు) - heroism (శూరత్వము)

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