Noun Phrase : āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ


Noun Phrase


Definition : A Noun Phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence.


Structure : Determiner + Adjective(s) + Noun + Extra Information


Examples



  • The big house

  • A beautiful red flower

  • My best friend

  • Those three old books


Examples in Sentences



  1. The intelligent boy won the prize. Noun Phrase: The intelligent boy

  2. She bought a very expensive car. Noun Phrase: a very expensive car

  3. That small village near the river is peaceful. Noun Phrase: That small village near the river


Types of Noun Phrase


1. Simple Noun Phrase : Contains Determiner + Noun


Examples: i.  The dog, ii. A pen


2. Expanded Noun Phrase : Contains adjectives or extra information


Examples: i. The cute little puppy, ii. An old wooden chair


Noun Phrase with Prepositional Phrase


Examples:



  • The boy in the blue shirt

  • The house on the hill


Important Points



  1. A noun phrase always contains a noun or pronoun.

  2. It can act as:



  • Subject – The smart student solved the problem.

  • Object – She bought a new phone.

  • Complement – He is a great teacher.


2. Noun Phrase – Assamese (āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ)


āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž : āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§° āĻāϟāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϟ āϝāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻĒāĻĻā§° āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰⧇, āϤāĻžāĻ• āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ (Noun Phrase) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āĻ—āĻ āύ : Determiner + Adjective + Noun + Extra Information


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • The big house (āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āϘ⧰)

  • A beautiful red flower (āĻāϟāĻž āϧ⧁āύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻ™āĻž āĻĢ⧁āϞ)

  • My best friend (āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁)

  • Those three old books (āϏ⧇āχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ–āύ āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻŖāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ)


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  1. The intelligent boy won the prize. (āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϞ’ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧇ āĻĒ⧁⧰āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤)

  2. She bought a very expensive car. (āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤)

  3. That small village near the river is peaceful. (āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āϏ⧇āχ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ—āĻžāρāĻ“āĻ–āύ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤)


āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°


1. Simple Noun Phrase (āϏāĻšāϜ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ)



  • The dog

  • A pen


2. Expanded Noun Phrase (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ)



  • The cute little puppy

  • An old wooden chair


Preposition āĻĨāĻ•āĻž Noun Phrase



  • The boy in the blue shirt

  • The house on the hill


āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž



  1. āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϤ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϟāĻž āύāĻžāĻŽāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

  2. āχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ:



  • āĻ•ā§°ā§āϤāĻž (Subject) – The smart student solved the problem.

  • āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ (Object) – She bought a new phone.

  • āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻ• (Complement) – He is a great teacher.