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The Nouns denote:

- specific items - persons - living creatures - phenomena, events, occurrences - actions - state, condition - abstract notions

- стол, город, земля; - мальчик, девочка; - слон,собака; - дождь,снег; - рисунок,учение; - отдых, любовь; - дружба;

The Nouns have Gender, Number, Declension, and also are subdivided into animate beings or inanimate object categories.
Each Noun belongs to one of the three Genders: (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter), it can be in the singular or plural form and always in the form of one of the six cases.
In sentences Nouns have different functions.

Table 10. Functions of the Noun

Function	Example
Subject	Студент учится в университете
Predicate	Борис-студент
Direct object	Я видел студента
Indirect object	Я звонил студенту
Attribute	Эти книги студента

ANIMATE AND INANIMATE NOUNS

The nouns can denote items:

Inanimate (what?)	Animate (who?)
Item - стол, город	people - человек, студент
Action - дождь, снег	animals - собака, тигр
Events - решение
State - отдых
Plant - трава,цветы

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