Noun (Part 3)

This discussion may be the last one discussing on Noun. And today's discussion we learn about Countable and Uncountable Noun.

A. Countable Noun is noun we can count in number. Countable noun consists of two kinds. They are Singular Noun and Plural Noun. 

Singular Noun the number of it not more than one and Plural Noun the number of it must be more than one, can be two, three, and so on.

Singular Noun usually preceded by an article a and an, article a for Singular Noun in consonant sound and an for vowel sound. For example:

- a river, a chair, a table, a well, a girl, a horse, a University, etc
- an apple, an eagle, an engineer, an hour, an umbrella, etc

Plural Noun, there are two kinds Regular Plural Noun and Irregular Plural Noun.

Regular Plural Noun usually with additional of "s/es" in the end of the noun. There are some rules to change the singular nouns to plural ones. Here are the rules:

1. If the nouns ending in "s, sh, ch, x, and o" add "es" for instance:

Glass - Glasses : Gelas

Brush - Brushes : Sikat

Watch - Watches : Jam Tangan

Box - Boxes: Kotak/Kardus

Mango - Mangoes: Buah Mangga

2. If the nouns ending in "y"

a. Ending in "y" preceded by consonant letter. So, change "y" becomes "i" then add "es" for instance:

Baby - Babies : Bayi

Lady - Ladies : Wanita

City - Cities : Kota

b. Ending in "y" preceded by vowel letter. So, straightly add "s" for instance:

Boy - Boys : Anak laki-laki

Key - Keys : Kunci

Day - Days : Hari

3. Besides two rules above all nouns use "s" for plural for instance:

Chair - Chairs : Kursi

Table - Tables : Meja

House - Houses : Rumah

Book - Books : Buku

Irregular Plural Noun . Here are some examples for them, for instance:

Man - Men : Pria

Woman - Women : Wanita

Tooth - Teeth : Gigi

Mouse - Mice : Tikus

Goose - Geese : Angsa

Child - Children : Anak-anak

B. Uncountable Noun is noun which we can't count in number. It usually uses dose, weight, meter, size etc. for instance:

Butter, Coffee, Tea, Flour, Meat, Food, Milk, Rice, Water, Air, Ink, Sugar, Honey, Bread, Oil, Money etc

This is the end of the lesson on Noun. we hope it will be useful for the readers. Thanks for visiting my blog and if there's a mistake in writing or structure, we are sorry because nobody's perfect. Ok. See yaa... :)