{"id":2905,"date":"2018-10-29T18:51:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2019-09-06T14:13:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:13:48","slug":"japanese-noun-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/zh-hans\/japanese-noun-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2. What You Need to Know about Noun in Japanese"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Nouns
Noun in Japanese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Noun in Japanese only have one form, which is used under all circumstances. The noun itself even includes the concept of English articles \u2018a, an, the\u2019. As an example, the word \u2018\u661f\u2019 (hoshi) can be translated as \u2018star, a star, the star, stars, the stars\u2019; depending on the context.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Plurals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The commonly singular and plural forms that English uses \u2013 a, an, -s, -es\u2019 \u2013 have no exact equivalents in Japanese. The formation of plural noun in Japanese is by:<\/p>\n

1. Addition of the Suffixes<\/h4>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n

\u5b50\u4f9b \u2192 \u5b50\u4f9b\u9054<\/p>\n

kodomo \u2192 kodomotachi<\/p>\n

child \u2192 children<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u5b66\u751f \u2192 \u5b66\u751f\u9054<\/p>\n

gakusei \uffeb gakusei-tachi<\/p>\n

student \u2192 students<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u5f7c \u2192 \u5f7c\u3089<\/p>\n

kare \u2192 karera<\/p>\n

he \u2192 they (male)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u5f7c\u5973 \u2192 \u5f7c\u5973\u3089<\/p>\n

kanojo \u2192 kanojora<\/p>\n

she \u2192 they (female)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. Noun Repetition<\/h4>\n

The symbol \u3005, which is known as the \u540c\u306e\u5b57\u70b9 (d\u014d no jiten) in Japanese, is the punctuation mark that represents the duplicated of kanji character. Examples:<\/p>\n

\u5c71 \u2192 \u5c71\u3005<\/p>\n

yama \u2192 yamayama<\/p>\n

mountain \u2192 mountains<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u4eba \u2192 \u4eba\u3005<\/p>\n

hito \u2192 hitobito<\/p>\n

person \u2192 people<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3. Using Japanese counters<\/h4>\n

By using Japanese counters, we can clearly determine the number of objects \u2013 singular or plural. Read: Top 5 Japanese Counters You Must Know!<\/a><\/p>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n

\u4e00\u500b<\/p>\n

ik-ko<\/p>\n

one piece<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u4e8c\u500b<\/p>\n

ni-ko<\/p>\n

two pieces<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u4e09\u500b<\/p>\n

san-ko<\/p>\n

three pieces<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u306e<\/strong> (no) \u2013 the Noun Modifier<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u306e (no) is the particle that we can use to link two nouns. For better understand, you can translate this particle as preposition \u2018of\u2019 (the closest but not the best translation). It can be used to indicate possession, material, origin, and so on.<\/p>\n

Structure: Noun 1 + \u306e + Noun 2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n

\u5148\u751f\u306e\u7814\u7a76\u5ba4\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n

Sensei no kenky\u016bshitsu desu.<\/p>\n

It is the teacher\u2019s laboratory.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u592a\u967d\u306e\u5149\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n

Taiy\u014d no hikari desu.<\/p>\n

The light of the sun.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u6728\u306e\u8449\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n

Ko no ha desu.<\/p>\n

The leaf of the tree.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s learn Japanese today! Join us at LingoCards<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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