NOUN- Basic Explanation (名詞の基本的な説明)

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Let’s start from the very basic. For now, let's define Noun this way. We will discuss the more complex forms of nouns and all the other parts of speech as we go along.

A NOUN is the name of a person, place, or thing.  

Examples:

Person:

Doctor, cleaner, policeman, mother, Mr. Yamamoto

Place:

Park, mall, Las Vegas, South Africa

Things

Pen, laptop

To be more accurate, let’s establish that there are two kinds of nouns, which are the Common Noun and the Proper Noun.

Common noun is the name of an entire group of people, things, or places. A Proper Noun is the exact name of a thing, a place or a person.

Examples:

Common Noun                               Proper Noun

Singer                                               Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Calum Scott

Dancer                                              Namuro Amie    

Philosopher                                       Plato, Socrates

Politician                                           Shinzo Abe, Donald Trump

Student                                              Eriko Shimizu

Driver                                                Mr. Matsumoto

Beauty queen                                    Pia Wurtzbach

Supermodel                                       Kelsey Merritt

Policeman                                         Patrolman Jack Smith

Composer                                         Ludwig van Beethoven

Author                                              J.K. Rowling

Basketball player                             Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant

Soccer player                                   David Beckham

Fashion designer                              Victoria Beckham

Places

City                                                     New York, Tokyo

Country                                               Japan, Philippines

Mall                                                    SM Supermalls

Things

Laptop                                                Lenovo

Shoes                                                 Adidas

Printer                                               Canon

Computer mouse                              Logitech

Book                                                 Concepts and Comments Reading Book

Note: All Proper Nouns begin with a capital letter. (big letter)

Exercise:

Which ones are common nouns, and which ones are proper nouns?

1.      canadian, science, language, english

2.      lake, lake biwa, volcano, mt. fuji

3.      park, tokyo university,  river,  nigeria

4.      gift, pencil, mr. kim, birthday

5.      secretary, president barack obama, senator smith, governor yuriko koike

6.      town, mayor, toyota, book

7.      judge, justice yoshihara, police, general douglas smith

8.      prince harry, bridge, saint patrick’s cathedral, kobe bryant

9.      college, book, harvard university, photocopier

10.   cup, mao asada, shirt, aso taro

Japanese Translation

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非常に基本的なものから始めましょう。とりあえず、このようにNounを定義しましょう。複雑な形の名詞と他のすべての品詞について説明します。

名詞は人、場所、または物の名前です

例：

人：

Doctor, cleaner, policeman, mother, Mr. Yamamoto

場所：

Park, mall, Las Vegas, South Africa

物事

Pen, laptop

より正確に言うと、共通名詞と固有名詞の2種類の名詞があることを確認しましょう。

共通名詞は、人々、物、または場所のグループ全体の名前です。固有名詞は、物、場所、人の正確な名前です。

注：すべての固有名詞は大文字で始まります。 （大きな文字）

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