What is a Noun?

Jifunze

A noun is a name of a person, place, animal, thing or idea. Examples: teacher, school, dog, book.

Nomino ni jina la mtu, mahali, mnyama, kitu au wazo. Mifano: mwalimu, shule, mbwa, kitabu.

Noun

Mifano & Matamshi

Teacher

Mwalimu

mtu (person)

School

Shule

mahali (place)

Book

Kitabu

kitu (thing)

Zoezi: Tamka mifano hii

Soma Zaidi

Mfano (Example)

John has a book. The book is in the classroom.

John ana kitabu. Kitabu kiko darasani.

Maelezo (Detail)

In the sentence above, the nouns are 'John' (a person), 'book' (a thing) and 'classroom' (a place).
Why? A noun names a person, place, animal, thing or idea.
Alternatives: teacher, school, dog, water, happiness.

Katika sentensi hapo juu, nomino ni 'John' (mtu), 'book' (kitu) na 'classroom' (mahali).
Kwa nini? Nomino ni jina la mtu, mahali, mnyama, kitu au wazo.
Mifano mingine: mwalimu, shule, mbwa, maji, furaha.

Maswali

Find the nouns in the sentence below: (Tafuta nomino katika sentensi ifuatayo:)

The boy plays football in the field.

Mvulana anacheza mpira uwanjani.

boy, football, field

Which of these words are nouns? (chagua zote sahihi) (chagua majibu yote sahihi)

Zungumza

Sema: This is a book.

Sema: This is a book.

Ingia ili kuhifadhi maendeleo yako.

Quiz ya Level

Maliza moduli