Sentences with common and proper noun

It is called noun to that word that is used in Spanish to designate animals, objects, things, thoughts, etc. From the syntactic point of view, andThe noun acts as the nucleus of a noun phrase and, therefore, it is the only essential element so that we can speak of the existence of a noun phrase as such. Generally, the noun is preceded by the determiners that shorten and specify its referent. On the other hand, nouns are also accompanied by adjectives and, both with determiners and with the latter, the adjectives, the noun has to agree in gender and number ("the days sunny "; "The blue car").

In this lesson from a TEACHER we will focus our attention on the sentences with common and proper nouns. First, we are going to study the characteristics of both types of nouns and then see some sentences as examples.

Through common nouns we name the things that exist in the world, around us. Common nouns are used to designate in a generic way (hence its name) the things that surround us.

Therefore, this type of nouns refers to homogeneous sets of things, which are part of the same group and not so much to particular and specific nouns. This is one of the fundamental characteristics that differentiates common nouns from proper nouns, which we will see below.

Proper nouns are those nouns that are used to identify a reality or a specific person within a group of the same species; that is, proper nouns give us the possibility of individualizing a person to distinguish them from the rest.

For this reason, proper nouns are written always with initial capital letter. The best-known proper nouns are personal names (also called anthropospirits): Diego, Carmen, Marta, Juan, Lucía, Irene... etc. All of them always capitalized because they refer to a specific person.

Other examples of proper nouns are place names (or place names), as well as the names of the official institutions of the State, the cardinal points, the most important historical, cultural, economic or political periods, etc.

In this other lesson we discover you what is the abstract noun with examples so that you understand this other type of noun.

Next we are going to show some sentences with common and proper nouns, so you can see the difference and know how to distinguish them perfectly:

• Madrid is the capital of Spain.
• Next year I want to visit Asia.
• Malú's concert was great.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of the danger of smoking in front of children.
• Valencia won the match in the last minute.
• Alicia and Carolina have been my best friends since we were five years old.
• The University of Salamanca announces scholarships for access to the university.
• The Golden Age was one of the most important periods in the history of Spain.
• In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America.
• Paris is one of the most expensive cities in France.
• Montera Street is in the center of Madrid.
• Messrs. Garcia are the owners of the hotel.
• Have you talked to Manuel this afternoon?
• El País is one of the most widely read national newspapers.
• Antonio Machado is one of my favorite poets.