A noun is a word used to name someone or something.
There are differents types of nouns.
1- Proper: the proper noun represents the specific name of person, place or things.
Examples:
a) The United State is one of the most important country around the world.
b) Sindy and Carmen enjoy to have a party all friday.
2- Concrete: is a noun which names anyhing (or anyone) thta you can perceive through your physical senses.
Examples:
a) The computer that is on the corner is my brother`s.
b) That books which are on the table contain the story of El Salvador.
3- Abstract: is sothing that you can see, but you can´t touch, its means spirituals.
Examples:
a) The friendship between that two girls is very interesting.
b) My parents love my brother a lot.
4- Collective: is a noun naming group of thing or people.
a) The army of El Salvador isalways ready for defending people.
b) The school in the place where students get knoledge for being good professional in the future.
5-Compound: two words that mean one thing.
a) The flight attendant use to take trip for 3 days.
b) The police officer arrested thta thief who was stealing the wallet to that boy.
6- Common: The general name that give to the things.
a) Every sunday people use to go the church.
b) My daughter lost my new pencil yesterday.
7- Countable: you can count.
a) The elephant which is in the zoo is very fat.
b) The donkey is a funny animal.
8- Uncountable: you can`t touch.
a) The old house use to have too much dust.
b) The sand is useful for building castle around the sea.
One thing which is important to know is that when we add suffix to a noun for making others, it is not a compound noun, it is deriver noun.
we can use diffferent suffixes to make nouns.
for example:
Examples:
Child-childhood.
Friend-friendship.
Column-columnist.
As you can notice, when we make derived nouns the words that is used has meaning by itself.
If you have any doubt you can check the following video...
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