noun as a part of speech is an independent part.In a broad sense, all nouns are called articles and answer two questions: Who?what?.Taking its place in a sentence, 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 the speech on any particular trait.
Category 1. The case of a noun
The first category is based on the opposition noun cases.Case forms help determine how the noun as a part of speech applies to other words for objects, actions or signs.The Russian language has six cases, each of which responds to your questions.To facilitate the realization of semantic meaning of the noun used auxiliary words.
Questions nominative - who?what?
for genitive - none of whom?What?
for dative - to whom?What?
for accusative - blame someone?what?
for instrumental - proud of who?by whom?
for prepositional - talking about?about what?
Category 2. Rod nouns
every noun as part of the speech can be attributed to one of three families - the female, male or average.The noun refers to the feminine, unless to it within the meaning of the words fit "it's mine."Accordingly, the words of the masculine - "he's mine", and for the middle - "it's mine."
Category 3. The number of nouns
All nouns in the Russian language, but words-exceptions can be delivered in two forms - in the plural or singular.These forms can be distinguished by the endings, depending on which changes the meaning of words.
Category 4. Nouns and declination
noun as part of the speech changes its shape according to case and number.Depending on the particular change all the words of this part of the speech are divided into three groups-declension.The first decline includes the names of objects of masculine and feminine, the end of which the nominative end in the letter s, th.In the second declension - masculine without end, and neuter nouns.Finally, the third group includes declension feminine subjects, at the end of which is the soft sign.In addition to these basic forms, there are also word-exclusion - this heteroclite and indeclinable nouns.
Category 5 bits on the nouns
all the words of this part of speech are classified into two categories - personal and common nouns.The first group includes uniform titles, processes or states, and their own nouns include the names of individual, unique items.Own words - it is the names, titles, etc.
Category 6. animate or inanimate nouns
every noun as a part of speech belongs to the animate or inanimate names.The first of them answer the question - who ?, and the second to the question - what?
