Noun
basic categories:
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people
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places
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things
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ideas
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proper noun: a specific name for an individual person, place, organization, or thing.（专有名词）
Pronoun
- demonstrative pronoun: （指示代词）
- personal pronoun: （人称代词）
Singular and Plural Nouns
- regular plural: just add a
sat the end of noun - Irregular plural: see Irregular Plural Nouns
Conmmon and Proper Nouns
- common: a gerneral thing
- proper: a specific thing, and always capitalized
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
- concrete: tangible
- abstract: not physical
Irregular Plural Nouns
-f to -ves
- leaf → leaves
- loaf → loaves
- calf → calves
- for most part, change single -f to -ves, and don’t change double -ff (just add s)
English is a Germanic language (日耳曼系)
-en
only these three usage for -en
- child → children
- ox → oxen
- brother/sister (archaic, used to be brothen and sisten)
Base Plural
单复数同行，用在“种类”上时正常变复数:
- sheep
- fish
- bison
Mutant Plurals
only 7 beblow:
- foot → feet
- woman → women
- man → men
- tooth → teeth
- goose → geese
- mouse → mice
- louse → lice