Nouns

The word Noun comes from latin "Nomen", which means "name". A noun is the part of speech that names a person, place, thing or idea.

Nouns can be:

                      - Proper: Names specific people, things, places or ideas. Delia, George, Colon, Baru Mountain.

                      - Common: Names any person, place or things. Teacher, mechanic, student, pencil, bottle.

Clasification of nouns:

     * Concrete: Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear or smell.
     
     * Abstract: Names something we cannot perseive through our five senses. Hope, happyness, joy.

     * Collective: Names a group of people or things. Class, family, troop, crew.

     * Compound: Are made up of two or more words, and are divided in:
                        
                           - Separated words: coffe table, life preserved, bird dog.
                           - Hyphenated: Sargent-at-arms, brother-in-law, self-rule.
                           - Combined: Battlefield, Dreamland, schoolbus.