Forms and Functions
of Nouns and Pronouns

Here are summary tables of all the forms of nouns and pronouns and the functions associated with them.

Number

form name	function	noun example	pronoun example
singular	represents the name of one of someone or something	poet	he
plural	represents the name of two or more of someone or something	poets	they

More information about Singular and Plural is available here.

form name	function	noun example	pronoun example
masculine	represents a male human being or animal	poet	he
feminine	represents a female human being or animal	poetess	she
common	a representation where it does not matter whether male or female but IS one of them	teacher	---
neuter	represents something where maleness and femaleness does not apply	stone, thought	it

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form name	function	noun example	pronoun example
nominative	subject of a verb subject complement	poet	I, we, you, he, she, they
accusative	object of a finite verb object of a non-finite verb object of a preposition object complement	poet	me, us, you, him, her, them
genitive	shows possession, ownership or relationship	poet's	mine
dative	indirect object	poet	him
vocative	used as an address	poet	---

Click here for more details about Grammatical Case, the all-important set of forms of nouns and pronouns.

The Person category affects Pronouns. Pronouns can be of different grammatical persons. All nouns are in the Third Person.

form name	function	a noun example	a pronoun example
first person	represents the person speaking	---	I, we
second person	represents the person spoken to	---	you
third person	represents the person spoken about	poet (all nouns)	he, she, it, they