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Nouns (Genre (male (Examples (Paul, uncle, boy, horse), for people or…
Nouns
Genre
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neutral
used for inanimate things. In english , objects do not suffer variation in the genre as they do in portuguese.
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There are situations in which the gender of people and animals is indicate by different words in the english language
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Number
Nouns ending in CH, S, SH, X or Z, the plural occurs with the addition of ES
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Exception
In the words ending in CH, but in wich it has the sound of K, the plural is formed regularly, with the addition of S, according to the general rule
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Some nouns ending in F, and ending FE transforms F into V and adds ES
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Plural of nouns ending in O: If they are preceded of vogal, they make the plural in the general rule, with addition of S
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Plural by vowel mutation: Aplicable only to some nouns, which make the plural by changing the inner vowel
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Countable
They are used as we can count by numbers: They have singular and plural forms. The singular form will use the articles "a" or "an". To find out the quantity of a countable noun, use the question, HOW MANY?
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Countless
They are used with what we can not count by numbers. They identify abstract ideas or qualities and very small objects to be counted. To find out the quantity of a countless noun, use the question HOW MUCH?
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