Noun is the name of any person, place, things “kata benda adalah nama

orang, tempat dan benda).

 Countable and Uncountable Noun (Kata benda yang dapat dihitung
dengan angka)
Example: Book Pencil
Pen Tooth
Man Boy
Cat Hat, ect…
 Uncountable Noun (Kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung dengan
angka).
Example: Water Air
Ink Beer
Paper Sugar
Sand Tea
Money Butter
Coffee Rain, ect….
 Collective Noun (Kata benda kolektif yang menyatakan suatu
kumpulan atau kelompok).
Example: Team : Tim
Fleet : Armada
Committee : Panitia
Cattle : Kawanan ternak
Crowd : Kerumunan orang banyak
People : Orang-orang
 Pluralization (Penjamakan kata benda)

 Singular Nouns (Kata benda tunggal)

“A” it is used before things which are started with consonants.
Example: A pen A house
A book ect..
“AN” it is used before things which are started with Vowels.
 Example: An answer An egg
An umbrella ect…

 Singular + s
Example: Book Books
Car Cars
Cat Cats
Ect…………..
 Singular ending with hissing sound (bunyi desis)
such as “s, ch, sh, x, o” we add “es”
Example: Glass Glasses
Dress Dresses
Brush Brushes
Bus Buses
Ect ……………
 Singular ending with ‘y” and preceded by
consonant, the suffix (akhiran) “y” becomes: “ies”
Example: Lady Ladies
Baby Babies
History Histories
Ect…………......
 Singular ending with ‘y’ and preceded by vowel
becomes “s”
Example: Monkey Monkeys
Boy Boys
Toy Toys
Day Days
Etc ………………..
  Singular ending with “F” or “Fe” becomes “ves”
Example: Wife Wives
Knife Knives
Leaf Leaves
Calf Calves
Wolf Wolves
Ect …………………….
 Singular ending with “o” we add “s” or “es”
S Human’s creation
ES Lord’s Creation
Example: Radio Radios
Buffalo Buffaloes
Piano Pianos
Potato Potatoes
Tattoo Tattoos
Mango Mangoes
Etc ……………………
 Especially compound nouns (Kata benda
majemuk) we pluralize the radical word only.
Example: Father-in-law Father-in-laws
Step mother Step mothers
Girl friend Girl fiends
 Exception: Irregular plural (Kata benda jamak yang tidak
beraturan)
 Ox Oxen = Sapi jantan
 foot Feet = Kaki
 Tooth Teeth = Gigi
 Man Men = Laki-laki
 Woman Women = Wanita
 Louse Lice = Kutu
 Mouse Mice = Tikus
  Sheep Sheep = Domba
 Deer Deer = Rusa
 Goose Geese = Angsa
 Child Children = Anak
 Ect……………………..

EXERCISE
Change the underlined words into plural form!
Example: A cock an animal.
Cocks are animal.
1. A policeman arrests a thief.
2. A lady talks to an old woman.
3. A cow milks a calf.
4. Jack bought a brush from the store.
5. She buys a book.