The Noun and its Case
We all know what a noun is. In this section, we will study noun and its case. The relation in which a noun or a pronoun is associated with some other word in a sentence is called its case. There are five cases of a noun: Nominative – Noun is the subject, Objective – Noun is the object, Vocative – Noun is used to name someone or something, Dative – Indirect Object of the verb, Possessive – Noun denotes possession and ownership. To find the nominative and objective verb, we ask the question ‘who’ or ‘what’. And for possessive verb, we ask the question ‘whose’?
The Noun and its Gender
In this section, we’ll discuss noun and its gender. Along with number and usage, every noun has a gender too. Based on that, noun can be classified into four types – masculine noun: when the noun represents a male member of a species. For example: Man, father, priest, boy, lion, feminine noun: when the noun denotes a female figure of a species. For example: Woman, mother, priestess, girl, lioness, common noun: when the noun represents a member of a species without specifying the gender. For example: Child, parent, teacher, employee, neuter noun: when the noun doesn’t denote any gender whatsoever. For example: Chair, pencil, phone, stone.
Noun can function as a subject, object, appositive, object complement but the amount of nouns or pronouns being used in a sentence determines the number of the noun.
Based on the same, noun can be categorized into 2 types – Singular and Plural.
A noun is called singular when there is only one object or subject being denoted. For example – The chair is broken.
On the other hand, a noun is called plural when there are more than one or a collection of objects or subjects being used. For example – The chairs are broken.
The definition of noun is colloquially given as any name, place, animal or thing. It is a word attributed to any object or collection of objects, be it creatures, manners, state of living or notions. Nouns are majorly of 8 types – Proper noun, Common noun, Concrete noun, Abstract noun, Collective noun, Compound noun, Countable noun, and non-countable nouns. Noun is one of the most important among the 8 parts of speech. It can function as a subject, object (direct or indirect), subject complement, predicative nominative, object complement, appositive, nominative absolute or object of a preposition.