The tests were the same as in the series of ten nouns and ten objects, but in a number of cases (to be specified in the table) it seemed best to shorten the interval for deferred recall to one day.
The nounsmight denote objects of any size perceptible to the eye; the objects, however, were all of such a size that they could be shown through a 14×12 cm.
The nouns and objects were monosyllabic, as before.
After the completion of the A set, the effect of the presence of the objective images in series of 10 nouns alone, or 10 objects alone after two days' interval, was tested.
The most interesting fact which developed was an apparently slower rate of forgetting, in many cases, of the nouns and verbs than of the objects and movements.
All the nouns have a masculine and a feminine gender, and the feminine nounsimmensely predominate.
The formation of the plural number of nouns is very difficult to beginners; for it is so various that hardly any rule can be set down.
From these few examples it appears that nouns ending in the same letter have different plurals.
Che is prefixed to nouns for the first person, and Nde for the second, without variation.
The following observation must be made on the possessive nouns of the Abipones.
The other personal pronouns undergo some peculiar changes, when employed as preformatives before nouns and verbs, which it is important to remark.
The particle un, therefore, which is the appropriate plural for the inanimate nouns in these examples, is only the objective mark of the animate.
In the case of the Persian and Arabic element, indeed, we do find not a few instances in which nouns have been furnished with a Hindi termination, e.
There are a few feminine terminations of weak nouns which may be noted.
In the case of modern weak nouns these terminations have disappeared altogether in W.
Thus, though it is absent as a plural prefix for nounsin the Swahili of Zanzibar, it reappears in the concord.
This point of the terminal a is the more interesting because, by changing the terminal vowel of the verbal root and possibly adding a personal prefix, one can make nouns from verbs.
They're calling to us to stop, Jem," whispered Don.
The name applied to one of the cases in the declension of nouns and pronouns in the Indo-European languages, retained as in Latin and Sanskrit, or merged in another case, as in the genitive in Greek.
The nouns are divided into substantives, which denote the principal things spoken of; and into adjectives, which denote some circumstances, or less kinds of things, belonging to the former.
It is contrary to the idea of nouns with מ, that they could be used as nomina actionis.
The three following nouns were very correctly distinguished by Jerome.
The formation of nouns of very composite character by the use of stems or radicals and prefixes, suffixes, &c.
The expression of abstract nounsin a verbalized form.
The participles differ only from other adjectives in governing the same case as their verb; and this is not an early distinction, for in the earliest Sanskrit all verbal nouns may govern the same case as their verb.
There are, however, certain nouns which are feminine or masculine because of their meaning.
The particle ra forms the plural of nouns which indicate very low things which are to be despised; e.
The particle ni voite va is joined to nouns in such a way as to substitute for the substantive verb; e.
These nouns are in the genitive if they are followed by a substantive noun, but when they are not followed by a noun they must be taken as adjectives.
For things which do not have a proper gender vo is placed before masculine nouns and me before feminine; e.
When two nouns are joined to form a single word, the one which is like an adjective does not require the genitive particle; e.
Likewise the nouns are treated within the framework of the declension of cases.
Ga is used for nouns which indicate non-living or humble things; e.
There are innumerable nouns which become adjectives if na is suffixed to them; e.
But when they are placed after nouns they become more like verbs and are in fact conjugated like them; e.
The particle va is suffixed to singular and plural nouns which already have a particle; e.
The particle guena is added to the nouns and verbs previously formed; e.
They were powerful advocates for right and justice, democracy and publicity, but their definitions of these abstract nouns made plain-speaking people gasp.
Children might soon understand that a case in grammar signifies the different terminations of nouns and pronouns.
Nouns are divided into proper and common; proper nouns are the names of particular persons, places, or things, common nouns are the names that belong to all persons, places or things of the same kind.
The plural of nouns is regularly formed by adding s to the singular+.
Moreover, from the totality of these auxiliaries two parallel series have been formed, which, joined alternatively to nouns of action, produce the active and middle voices, or rather the transitive and intransitive.
Now, nouns denote facts, while verbs express action, and action, as considered in human speech, is mostly of human origin.
On the same general plan, the nounsprecede the verbs in the sentence, and are in every way the more important parts of speech.
All Japanese nouns being of this indefinite description, all require auxiliary numerals.
Masculine nouns (and a few feminines) end in –ος in Nom.
Though Nouns are here the topic, all these seven rules apply alike to Nouns and to Pronouns; that is, to all the words of our language which are susceptible of Cases.
As nouns never speak, they are never in the first person.
Adjectives thus formed, generally apply the properties of their primitives, to the nouns to which they relate.
What grammarians teach, that two or more nouns connected by and, "always require the verb or pronoun to which they refer, to be in the plural number?
As our verbs and nouns are spelled in the same manner, it was formerly thought best to prefix the word TO, to words when used as verbs.
And besides, the assertion above seems very naturally to mean, that nouns and pronouns are generally preceded by prepositions--as gross an error as dullness could invent!
If participial nouns retain the power of participles, why is it wrong to say, "A superficial reading books is useless?
I'm afraid George got his nouns twisted and called him some sort of bad name.
Mistakes will happen in the best regulated families, they say, and I own up I'm afraid I did get my nouns slightly mixed.
Contrasted sentiments permeate an animal's dealings with his own sex and with the other; nouns and adjectives represent this contrast by taking on masculine and feminine forms.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nouns" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
