English Grammar Course | Introduction to Nouns #1

1 00:00:00,0 --> 00:00:01,180 Hello, everybody. 2 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:03,360 Welcome to this English course. 3 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,280 In today's video, I'm going to tell you about nouns. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,760 Because in English, nouns are very important. 5 00:00:11,780 --> 00:00:14,820 They are the basic element of a sentence. 6 00:00:14,820 --> 00:00:16,240 So if you want to speak English, 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:20,780 you need to know about the different kinds of nouns. 8 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:23,400 And I'm going to try and teach you as well as I can. 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,560 Let's get started! 10 00:00:28,100 --> 00:00:33,80 Ok, so let's start with concrete nouns. 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,460 Now in English, concrete nouns are people places or things, 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:41,140 including animals. 13 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:46,760 That you can see, that you can smell, 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,960 or taste, or hear, or touch. 15 00:00:50,0 --> 00:00:54,420 So you can basically use your five senses. 16 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:57,840 Let me give you a few examples. 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,720 If we talk about people, 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,240 you could say, a man 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,660 or a teacher, 20 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:06,120 or me, Fanny. 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Or Mr. Smith. 22 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,580 If we talk about places, 23 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:12,780 you could say, 24 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,100 a house, a school. 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,100 You could name a city like London. 26 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,960 Very nice city. 27 00:01:20,20 --> 00:01:22,900 Or a beach. 28 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,980 And if you talk about things, 29 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,940 you could say a shoe, 30 00:01:26,940 --> 00:01:28,740 you could say a marker, 31 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:31,680 you could talk about a dog 32 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,760 or food like a pizza. 33 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,460 These are concrete nouns....ok. 34 00:01:38,460 --> 00:01:42,300 Now let's move on to abstract nouns. 35 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,760 So abstract nouns, unlike concrete nouns, 36 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:54,840 are ideas, concepts, emotions. 37 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,460 And you can't see an idea. 38 00:01:56,460 --> 00:01:59,880 You can't smell a concept. 39 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:01,320 You can't taste an emotion. 40 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,220 Or hear it. Or touch it. 41 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:08,580 So they are nouns. They are things that exist, but 42 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:10,940 you cannot see them, or taste them. 43 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:13,80 You can't use your five sense. 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,960 To give you a few examples, 45 00:02:15,80 --> 00:02:19,720 we could talk about love, 46 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,480 or time, 47 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:22,340 or religion, 48 00:02:22,340 --> 00:02:24,660 rules. 49 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:30,640 These are all words that represent ideas, concepts... okay 50 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,160 They're abstract nouns in English. 51 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,600 Now, let's get into more detail about nouns. 52 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,540 Let's now see the difference between common nouns 53 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,780 and proper nouns which are very important in English. 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:53,160 So common nouns and proper nouns refer to people, places, things, ideas. 55 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,780 Let's see a few examples. 56 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:59,580 We could talk about people for example. 57 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:00,860 A woman. 58 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:02,700 That's a common noun. 59 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:05,40 But if we talk about a specific woman, 60 00:03:05,40 --> 00:03:08,100 for example, me, Fanny. 61 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:13,860 That becomes a proper noun with a capital 'F'. 62 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,400 because, and you should know this, 63 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:20,600 proper nouns are always capitalized. 64 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,720 You could talk about places. 65 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,760 A city. That's a common noun. 66 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:28,80 But then you can name a specific city. Let's take a 67 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,840 great city, London, of course. 68 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:33,100 With a capital 'L'. 69 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:38,560 Remember proper nouns - always capitalized. 70 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,683 We can talk about things for example. An animal. 71 00:03:41,683 --> 00:03:42,60 Let's take a dog. A dog. 72 00:03:42,70 --> 00:03:44,880 That's a common noun. 73 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:50,500 But if we take a specific dog, like Snoopy - capital 'S', 74 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,380 that's the proper noun. 75 00:03:53,420 --> 00:03:58,880 If we talk about things again, but for example, a car, 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,680 that's a common noun. 77 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,120 But if we name the brand, the specific brand of the car like Volvo, 78 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,960 that's a proper noun. And it takes a capital 'V'. 79 00:04:09,60 --> 00:04:14,460 And finally, and we can say, a team - common noun. 80 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:18,660 But if we name a specific team, for example, 81 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,40 the best football team, Manchester United, 82 00:04:21,40 --> 00:04:23,0 then that's a proper noun 83 00:04:23,0 --> 00:04:25,880 and it's capitalized. 84 00:04:25,0 --> 00:04:26,220 Now mind you, 85 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,140 'team', is a special word because it's called 86 00:04:29,140 --> 00:04:32,660 a collective noun in English 87 00:04:32,740 --> 00:04:35,700 because it refers to a group of people. 88 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,460 So collective nouns can be used as singular nouns or plural nouns. 89 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,860 But we will talk about this again later. 90 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,860 So now that we know a lot about nouns in English, 91 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,600 Let's practice finding nouns in a sentence. 92 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:54,940 Okay, first, 93 00:04:54,80 --> 00:05:00,500 In my class at Oxford University, I have many friends. 94 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,280 My best friend is Jan. 95 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,820 I have a lot of love for her. 96 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:08,220 Jan has a cute dog. 97 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:10,340 Its name is Juju. 98 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,820 What are the nouns in these sentences? 99 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:17,380 If we take the first sentence, 100 00:05:17,420 --> 00:05:23,900 In my class at Oxford University, I have many friends. 101 00:05:23,940 --> 00:05:28,820 We have, class, and friends. 102 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:31,740 These are common nouns. 103 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:36,500 We also have a proper noun, Oxford University. 104 00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:41,620 We know it's a proper noun because it's capitalized. 105 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,820 The second sentence is, 106 00:05:43,820 --> 00:05:46,980 My best friend is Jen. 107 00:05:46,980 --> 00:05:48,420 Now in this sentence, 108 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:54,820 the noun is, friend - common noun. 109 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:57,600 And there's also the word, Jen, 110 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:03,929 is also a noun but a proper noun. As you can see it's capitalized. 111 00:06:03,929 --> 00:06:08,580 Then, I have a lot of love for her. 112 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,780 What noun can you see? Of course, 'love'. 113 00:06:12,820 --> 00:06:17,220 Remember the abstract noun we talked about a few minutes ago. 114 00:06:17,220 --> 00:06:23,0 And finally, Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju. 115 00:06:23,40 --> 00:06:25,280 What nouns can we find? 116 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:29,160 We can see, 'Jen', again - proper noun. 117 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,200 'Dog' - common noun. 118 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,740 But also, 'name', and 'Juju'. 119 00:06:36,740 --> 00:06:37,220 'Name's' a common noun. 120 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:41,780 'Juju' is the proper noun. It's capitalized. 121 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:49,920 As you probably know, I haven't mentioned, 'I', or 'her', or 'its'. 122 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,420 They are also nouns, but they are pronouns and 123 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,580 they're considered a different category in English. 124 00:06:57,660 --> 00:07:00,880 We will talk about them in another video . 125 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,280 Great job guys! 126 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:04,940 Thank you for watching my video. 127 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:08,980 I hope you now have a better understanding of nouns in English. 128 00:07:08,20 --> 00:07:11,240 Please keep practicing. Practice makes perfect. 129 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:17,800 I'm sure you will very soon be able to recognize nouns in a sentence. 130 00:07:17,860 --> 00:07:22,660 Please make sure to watch my next video as I keep on talking about nouns. 131 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:23,660 See you. 132 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:27,380 Thank you for watching my video guys. 133 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,300 If you've liked this video, please click like, 134 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:34,10 subscribe to our channel, show us your support, put your comments below and 135 00:07:34,10 --> 00:07:37,840 share this video. Thank you.