NOUN A member of a syntactic class that includes words which refer to people, places, things, ideas, or concepts; It may

ay act as the subjects of the verb, objects of a verb, indirect object of the verb or object of a preposition (What is a noun?, 2000).

Types (Zorc, 2011) Common nouns Proper nouns Demonstratives Pronouns

Noun Markers Common Nouns Singular Plural ang +mga sang +mga sing +mga sa +mga Proper Nouns Singular Plural si sanday ni nanday (sa) kay kanday

Topic/Focus Oblique-definite -indefinite Locative

Plurality/Linker Plurality is generally shown by mga *maa+. Nouns are linked to adjectives or other parts of speech by means of a ligature or linking particle, nga, which has an alternate ~ng after vowels, e.g., matahum nga babayi beautiful woman or maayo ng babayi good woman. sing marks the phrase as an intimate associate when attributive to nouns. Nakakita siya sing mga tawo. (He saw the people.) sang marks possessor when attributive nouns. Nagutom siya sang paglakat. (He is hungry from walking.)

Demonstratives/Deictics Near Me ini sini diri yari kari Near You ina sina dira yara kara Far Away ato sadto didto yadto kadto

Topic Oblique Locative Existential Verbal

Pronouns Pronoun I You (singular) He/She We (+you) We (-you) You (plural) They Topic ako Ikaw/ka siya kita kami kamo sila Oblique (before) akon imo iya aton amon inyo ila Oblique (after) ~kon/nakon ~mo/nimo niya ~ta/naton namon ninyo nila Locative sa akon sa imo sa iya sa aton sa amon sa inyo sa ila

Numerals 1. isa 2. duha 3. tatlo 4. apat 5. lima 6. anom 7. pito 8. walo 9. siyam 10. pulo/napulo 11. napulog isa 22. duha ka pulo kag duha 100. isa ka gatos 1000. isa ka libo