Nouns

1.Common noun (පොදු නාම)

Nonspecific people, places, things or ideas

Man, city, religion

2.Proper noun ( විශේෂිත නාම )

Specific people, places, things

Tharushi, kandy, Sri Lanka

3.Abstract noun

Something that you can not perceive (තේරුම් ගැනීම, දැකගැනීම)  with your 5 senses

Belief, love, pride, happiness … etc

4.Concrete noun

Something that you can perceive with your 5 senses

Apple, lion, eyes, flower …. Etc

5.Countable noun (ගණන් කළ හැකි)

Can be counted

Pencil, apples, train, clock … etc

6.Uncountable noun (ගණන් කළ නොහැකි)

Cannot be counted

Milk, music, food, water, rain, rice … etc

7.Compound nouns

Made up of two or more smaller words

Text + book à textbook

Sea + food à seafood

Post + office à  post office

Sun + flower à sunflower

8.Singular nouns (ඒක වචන )

Refer to one person, place, thing or idea

Cat, dog, ship, monkey, hero .. etc

9.Plural Noun (බහු වචන)

Refer to more than one person, place, thing or idea

Dogs, cats, ships, flowers

10.Collective nouns

Refer to a collection as one whole

Team, bunch, audience, flock, group, family, orchestra

֍   Forming nouns using suffixes

Age	Ance
Break age Storage Dosage Passage Package	Importance Appearance Clearance Acceptance Assistance
Ant	Ee
Assistant Accountant Consultant Contestant	Referee Employee Payee Conferee
Ence	Ery
Difference Dependence	Bakery Machinery
Er/or	Ist
Teacher Driver Foreigner Rider	Buddhist Florist Economist Scientist
Ess	Ion
Waitress Actress Hostess	Information Imagination Correction
Ment	Ness
Management Encouragement Payment Settlement	Happiness Sadness Darkness Kindness
Ism	Ity
Buddhism Tourism	Activity Reality Stupidity