♦️ Noun ( नाम )
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A name that is given to a person, animal, place, and thing is called as a Noun.
एखादे नाव, व्यक्ती, प्राणी, ठिकाण आणि वस्तू यांना नाम म्हणून संबोधले जाते.
Nouns can be divided into two main classes- Concrete and Abstract
♦️(A). Concrete Nouns - These are names of persons or things that we can touch and see. They exist physically or materially and such nouns are called Concrete Nouns.
( ही व्यक्ती किंवा नावे अशी आहेत की आपण स्पर्श करू शकतो आणि पाहू शकतो. त्या शारीरिक किंवा भौतिकदृष्ट्या अस्तित्वात आहेत. )
🔹Concrete Nouns are subdivided into four types
1. Proper Nouns
2. Common Nouns
3. Collective Nouns
4. Material Nouns
🔻1. Proper Nouns - They are names of persons, places, or things. Proper Noun begins with a capital letter.
For e.g. - Ram, Krishna, Ramakant, Pune, Mumbai, India, Ganga, Raigad, Sahyadri etc.
🔹Ashoka was a wise king.
The noun Ashoka refers to a particular king, but the noun king might be applied to any other king as well as to Ashoka. So we call Ashoka proper noun and king a common noun.
🔻2. Common Nouns - They are names that can be applied to any one of the class of persons, places, or things.
For e.g. - boy, girl, king, town, country, book, river, animal, mountain, tree, chair etc.
🔹Puja is a good girl.
Here Puja is a proper noun while girl is a common noun.
🔻3. Collective Nouns - They are the names of group of persons or objects of the same kind, considered as a single whole.
For e.g. - a crowd of people, a team of players, a fleet of ships, a herd of cattle, a flock of birds, a squadron of aeroplanes etc.
🔹Here are some more collective nouns: -
a bunch of keys
a class of pupils
a collection of books
a deck of cards
a fleet of ships
a flock of sheep
a gaggle of geese
a gang of robbers
a herd of cattle
a litter of cubs
a pod of whales
a pack of wolves
a pride of lions
a set of stamps
a swarm of bees
a troupe of actors
🔻4. Material Nouns - They are names of materials or substances out of which things are made.
For e.g. - gold, silver, platinum, clay, stone, wood, cotton, iron, wool etc.
♦️(B). Abstract Nouns - They are names of things that we cannot see or touch i.e. they have no physical existence,
For e.g. - goodness, kindness, honesty, wisdom, bravery, patience, beauty, death, youth, pleasure, flight, logic, laughter, judgement, childhood, boyhood, etc.
( त्या अशा गोष्टींची नावे आहेत जी आपल्याला दिसत नाहीत किंवा स्पर्श करू शकत नाहीत म्हणजे त्यांचे भौतिक अस्तित्व नाही. , उदाहरणार्थ - चांगुलपणा, दयाळूपणा, प्रामाणिकपणा, शहाणपणा, शौर्य, संयम, सौंदर्य, मृत्यू, तारुण्य इ. )
♦️ Masculine and Feminine Noun - ( पुल्लिंग आणि स्त्रीलिंग नाम )
🔻Masculine nouns are words for men and boys, and male animals.
🔻Feminine nouns are words for women and girls, and female animals.
🔹Here are some more masculine and feminine nouns for people.
actor - actress
brother - sister
emperor - empress
father - mother
gentleman - lady
grandfather - grandmother
grandson - granddaughter
headmaster - headmistress
man - woman
master - mistress
nephew - niece
prince - princess
son - daughter
steward - stewardess
uncle - aunt
♦️Exercise 1 👈✍️
Find the common nouns in these sentences.
1) There’s a little bird in the garden.
2) Who is your teacher?
3) Don’t eat that rotten apple.
4) Roli has a lovely doll.
5) I like reading stories.
6) My father is a teacher.
7) Every child has a dictionary.
8) Rahul hates grapes.
9) The phone is ringing.
10) Here’s a book for you.
♦️ Exercise 2 👈✍️
Find proper nouns in the following sentences.
1) May is often the hottest month in summer.
2) One day Ali Baba saw the forty thieves hiding in a cave.
3) Ramu and Sahil are going to the river for a swim.
4) Mr. Deshpande is reading a book.
5) “I am your fairy godmother,” said the old woman to Cinderella.
6) Next Tuesday is a public holiday.
7) Many children enjoyed the movie Mogali.
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