1 May 2000
1.1.2.1 Nouns, Definition, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar
[Subsection headings are my own]
Monique L'Huillier
Advanced French Grammar
1. Framework
1.1 Parts of Speech
1.1.2 Nouns
1.1.2.1 Definition
(i) Nouns as substance or abstraction
A nouns denotes a substance, hence we call it a substantive (substantif). The noun is "what is."
Yet a nouncan also represent such abstract ideas as love (l'amour). Or they may indicate actions, like la natation.
(ii) Gender and Number
Nouns have both gender and number.
Gender:
1) Masculine: un homme
2) Feminine: une femme
Number
1) Singular: un chat
2) Plural: des chats
(iii) Simple and Compound
L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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