At the moment, I read a book about English grammar. I want to touch up my knowledge of grammar for a bit. This a quite basic book, really distinct and instructive so you understand. Some teachers are not too educative when they teach complicated stuff, which I think grammar is for many people, so I believe this book can be of help.
The English word noun has its origin in Latin "nomen" (= name). In Swedish, noun is "substantiv", which is retrieved from Latin "substantia", which refers to something that exists.
Latin "verbum" has given rise to verb, which is both the English and Swedish word. Plainly that means "word" (ord in Swedish).
English school phrases (are you recognising those):
* A noun's the name of anything,
as school or garden, hoop and swing
* Verbs tell of something being done:
to read, cound, sing, laugh and run
Word "adjective" (adjektiv in Swedish) originates from Latin "adjectum" (= add).
Adverb has its name from Latin "ad verbum", id est "to the verb" or "to the word".
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