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ETYMOLOGY-NOUNS. 35
What nouns are masculine I-what feminine I-what neuter j
To which of these does the word house belong 1 Ans. Neuter. Why 1
(Then write the word neuter after common, as above.)
What is the next propertv of the noun I
What is number ?-How inany numbers are there 1
What does the singular denote i-the plural?
Does House denote onc 01' more than one 1
Of what number then is House? Ans. Sini;ular.
(Now add as above the word singular.)
What is the next property of a lloun 1
How many cases are there 1 Name them.
Declino House in the· singular: iu the plural.
Which of these cases is used when a noun is mentione,l simply as the
nBme of an object (164, 1.) I
Hou3e being used in this manner here, ill what case is it? Aus. In the
Nominative.
(Then write nominative at the end, as above.)
There will now have been written Oil the black boa rei the following:­
HOUSE, Noun, Common, Ncuter, Singular, Nomill(l/;ve.
The teacher may then ask, as a sort of revie\v, why do you ca 11 house
a noun 1-why, common ?-why, neutcr ?-why. sin~ "/ccr I-why, the nominative
?-requiring a di3tinct answer to c:\ch question. Alul lastly, he
may requit'e the pupil to state these re3sons in on],>r, withont the questions
being asked; thus:-
HOUSE-a Noun, because the name of a thing;
Common, because it belongs to all things (,f the 301 t ;
Neuter, because without sex;
Singular, because it denotes one, plnral, houses;
Nominative, because it is used only as a name (164-1.)
By repeating this process a few times, occasionally, all that belongs to
the parBing of a noun will becomc so familial', and eo clearly understood,
as to be always easy.
182. In parsing. these accidents may be stated, either in the order
above, or in such as the teacher prefers. Some say, "A common neuter
noun, in the nominative singular." Others prefer, us giving more p!'omineuce
to the accidents, and sufficiently euphonions, to say, "A noun, common,
neuter, in tlte nominatwe singular; -01' omitting the kind of noun,
except when a 'proper Doun occurs, for reasons eta ted (180), to say more
briel'ly, .. A noun, neuter, in the nominatil'e singular." This last method is
the one here recommended, as being brief and sufficiently descriptive.
EXERCISES.
1. State the gender, case, and number of the following Douns, and
always in the same order; thus, "Father. II noun, masculine, in the nominative
singular."
Father, brothers, mother's, boys, book, loaf, arms, wife, hats,