Difference between revisions of "Noun"

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AKA: names, nominals
 
  
 
== Subcategories ==
 
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* Nominal predicates
 
 
* [[Measure words]]
 
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* [[Pronouns]]
 
* [[Pronouns]]

Revision as of 08:09, 25 July 2013

You may have learned these as "person, place, or thing." We're going to go into a little more depth.

Notes

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Nouns have four main characteristics:

  1. The majority of the time, they are modified by a measure word.
  2. They can act as a subject, an object, or a complement, but never as a result. It can occasionally be an adverbial, but not often.
  3. They may not be modified by the negative adverb "不".
  4. They may not be reduplicated (unless it's for a cutesy effect, usually with small kids).

Further Explanation

Measure Words

Every noun in Chinese has a measure word that it can use, as well as the general "个". When quantifying nouns, they must have a measure word. If you are just being general, it isn't required.

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Roles

In a sentence, Chinese nouns take the same roles that nouns in English do. They are often subjects and objects of verbs, but they can occasionally be complements or adverbials. As stated above, nouns are never results.

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Nouns aren't negated by "不" because "不" is used to negate verbs. You can't say "not dog". It just doesn't make sense. The same goes in Chinese.

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Reduplication

Unlike verbs and adjectives, nouns aren't reduplicated in Chinese. While with adjectives and verbs reduplication can change the meaning, with nouns it just makes you sound silly.

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Subcategories

See also

Sources and further reading