Noun as part of speech and its features

The noun as part of speech is an independent part. In a broad sense, all nouns call subjects and answer two questions: who? what?. Occupying their place in the proposal, they often act as a subject, as well as additions or circumstances. The noun in the Russian language has six categories, each of which divides all the words of this part of speech according to a particular attribute.

Category 1. The case of the noun

The first category of nouns is built on the opposition of cases. Case forms help determine how a noun, as part of speech, refers to other words denoting objects, actions, or attributes. The Russian language has six cases, each of which answers its questions. Auxiliary words are used to facilitate the understanding of the semantic loading of a noun.

Questions for the nominative - who? what?
For the genitive - no one? Of what?
For the dative - to give to whom? What?
For accusative - to blame whom? what?
For the instrumental - to be proud of whom? by whom?
For prepositional - talk about whom? about what?

Category 2. Genus of nouns

Each noun's name as part of speech can be attributed to one of the three genera - to the female, masculine or middle. The noun refers to the feminine gender, if the words "it's mine" fit it. Accordingly, to the words of the masculine gender - "he is mine," and for the average - "it's mine."

Category 3. Number of nouns

All nouns in the Russian language, except for exception words, can be put in two forms - in the plural or in the singular. These forms can be distinguished by endings, depending on which the meaning of the words changes.

Category 4. Nouns and declensions

The noun as a part of speech changes its form by case and number. Depending on the characteristics of the change, all words of this part of speech are divided into three groups-declensions. The first declension includes the names of objects of male and female gender, the endings of which in the nominative case end in the letters -a, -y. In the second declension, masculine words without endings, as well as nouns of the middle genus. Finally, the third group of declination includes items of the feminine gender, at the end of which there is a soft sign. In addition to these basic forms, there are also words-exceptions - these are different and indeclinable nouns.

Category 5. Ranks of nouns

All words in this part of the speech are classified into two categories - common and proprietary. The first group includes homogeneous names, processes or states, and proper nouns include the names of single, unique objects. Own words are names, surnames, names, etc.

Category 6. Animate or inanimate nouns

Each noun's name as part of speech refers to a group of animate or inanimate names. The first of them answer the question - who ?, and the second to the question - what?