Difference between revisions of "Proper nouns and common nouns"

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** Personal nouns and some animate nouns can be made plural with 们 (but only when nothing else in the sentence marks plural)
 
** Personal nouns and some animate nouns can be made plural with 们 (but only when nothing else in the sentence marks plural)
 
* Nouns involving the suffixes 子, 儿, 头
 
* Nouns involving the suffixes 子, 儿, 头
* Nouns can be subject, object and predicate in Chinese
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* Nouns can be subject and object.
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** Some nouns can be predicate without 是, e.g. 今天晴天.
  
 
== Types of nouns ==
 
== Types of nouns ==

Revision as of 02:00, 20 July 2011

Potential articles / sections

  • Nouns can generally be preceded by a number-measure word combination.
  • Repeating single-character nouns to mean "every [noun]" (+ in this case no measure word needed).
  • Plural nouns
    • Often no need to mark plural
    • Other elements of sentence can indicate plural, e.g. 都, numbers
    • Personal nouns and some animate nouns can be made plural with 们 (but only when nothing else in the sentence marks plural)
  • Nouns involving the suffixes 子, 儿, 头
  • Nouns can be subject and object.
    • Some nouns can be predicate without 是, e.g. 今天晴天.

Types of nouns

Could explain these as different rules can apply

  • Proper
  • Animate
    • Personal
  • Inanimate
  • Abstract

See also:

Sources