The table shows different classes of nouns categorized as Countable (Исчисляемые) and Uncountable (Неисчисляемые), and further divided into types:
Category | Type | Examples |
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Common (Нарицательные) | Concrete (Конкретные) | a chair, a stone, a lamp, a tree, a human, a cat |
Collective (Собирательные) | a group, a crowd, a government, a family, a team | |
Material (Вещественные) | snow, water, bread, lemonade, sand, meat | |
Abstract (Абстрактные) | love, friendship, beauty, politics, pleasure, poverty | |
Proper (Собственные) | Personal names | Andrew, Dick, Swift, the Browns, Pussy, Rex, Bagheera |
Geographical names | Australia, Moscow, the Urals, the Baikal, the Volga, Tower Bridge |