
A) Definition: a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun).
B) Types of Nouns:

B1) Danh từ chung (Common Noun)
B1.1) Danh từ cụ thể (Concrete Nouns):

– Definition: A concrete noun is a noun that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell)
– Example: Đầm (Dress), Sách (Book), Hoa (Flower), Nước (Water),….
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B1.2) Danh từ trừu tượng (Abstract Noun):
-Definition: An abstract noun is a noun that cannot be perceived using one of the five senses (i.e., taste, touch, sight, hearing, smelling)
– Example: Ý tưởng (Idea), Tài năng (Talent) , Tình yêu (Love), Cơn giận (Anger),…
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B1.3) Danh từ chỉ hiện tượng (indicates phenomena)
– Defintion: Nouns indicate something that happens or exists in space and time ; that can be seen or experienced.
– Example:
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Danh từ chỉ hiện tượng tự nhiên (Natural phenomenon): Sa mạc (Desert), Lửa (Fire), Gió (Wind), Sấm (Thunder),…
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Danh từ chỉ hiện tượng xã hội (Social phenonmenon): Cuộc chiến tranh (The war), Nạn tham nhũng (Corruption), Cuộc biểu tình (Protest), Sự nghèo đói (Poverty),…
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B1.4) Danh từ chỉ khái niệm (indicates concept)
– Defintion: This is a noun that does not indicates Concrete objects, materials or units of things but denotes Abtract Concepts.
– Example: Đạo đức (Morality), Thói quen (Habit), Sở thích (Hobby),…..

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B1.5) Danh từ chỉ đơn vị (indicates the enitity or unit)
– Danh từ chỉ đơn vị tự nhiên:
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Definition: These noun indicate type of objects (Classifier).
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Example: cái (classifier for objects), con (classifier for animals), người (classifier for people),…
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–Danh từ chỉ đơn vị đo lường:
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Definition: These noun indicate counting, measurement for objects, materials,…
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Example:
Đơn vị đo thời gian : giờ (hours/ o’clock), phút (minute), ngày (day),…
Đơn vị đo độ dài: Kí-lô-mét (km), Hecta (ha),…
Đơn vị đo diện tích: Mét vuông (Square meter), Kí lô mét vuông (Square Km),….
Đơn vị đo thể tích : lít (litter),…
Đơn vị đo khối lượng: Kí-lô-gram/ Kí/Cân (kg), Gam (100g),….
Đơn vị đo nhiệt độ: độ C (Celsius), độ F (Fahrenheit),…
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B2) Danh từ riêng (Proper Noun)
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Definition: the name of a particular person, place, or object that is spelled with a capital letter. Unlike English, Proper noun locates AFTER Common Noun
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Example:
Chợ Bến Thành (Ben Thanh market), Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh city),..


-> In sentence:
Chợ Bến Thành là chợ nổi tiếng nhất ở thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
(Ben Thanh market is the most famous market in Ho Chi Minh city)
C) Position:
C1/ Noun as Subject:
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Noun are basic to sentence structure because they provide the Subject of the simple sentence (by themselves). The subject can be a person, things or ideas,…
Example:


-> The flower is beautiful
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Beside, Noun also can combine with SỐ TỪ (Number) or LƯỢNG TỪ (Quantifier) which are used before Noun. CHỈ TỪ (Demonstrative pronoun) or TÍNH TỪ (Adjective) always come after Noun as well as many different words (Possession words, SỐ THỨ TỰ– Ordinal numbers) to form DANH NGỮ (Noun phrase) which can use as Subject.
DANH NGỮ (Noun phrase) usually have 3 parts:

Example:


-> These two books………


-> Those yellow chickens………
Note: If you want to add TÍNH TỪ (Adjective) after DANH TỪ (Noun), using CHỈ TỪ (Demonstrative pronoun) is recommended in order to clarify between DANH NGỮ(Noun phrase) and completed sentence.


-> The second big house…….


-> The pen of mine (My pen)………

-> The wardrobe at the corner……….
C2) Noun as Tân ngữ (Object):
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Noun is used as Object, placed behind Transitive Verbs to form a sentence.
Example:


-> He eats fish
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Noun is located behind Verb “LÀ” to indicate directly relationship between object and its nature or function of objects, people such as name, job, attribute, nature of people,…
Example:


-> Tiên is a teacher
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Noun is used behind GIỚI TỪ (Preposition) which located in VỊ NGỮ (Predicate) of the sentence.
Example:


-> I work at home
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