Count Nouns

Remember that count nouns have both singular and plural forms.
  تذكر أن الأسمـــاء المعدودة يأتي منها الجمع والمفرد
Plural numbers can precede count nouns but not noncount nouns.

أرقام الجمع يمكن أن تسبق الأسماء القابلة للعد , لكنها لا تسبق تلك الأسماء غير المعدودة

There are several categories of count nouns that can help you organize your study. Some of them are listed here.

  تم تصنيف فئات الأسماء القابلة للعد على النحو التـــــــــــالي :

1- Name of persons , their relationships , and their occupations.

one boy               two boys

one friend            two friend

one student          two students

2- Names of animals , plants , insects

one dog                two dogs

one flower           two flowers

one bee                two bees

3- Names of things with a definite , individual shape.

one car                two cars

one house            two houses

one room             two rooms

4-Units of measurement

one inch             two inches

one pound          two pounds

one degree         two degrees

5-Units of classification in society

one family            two families

one country          two countries

one languages       two languages

6-Containers on non count solids , liquids , pastes, and gases

one bottle            two bottles

one jar                 two jars

one tube               two tubes

7- A limited number of abstract concepts .  

one idea              two ideas

one invention      two inventions

one plan              two plans

مثـــــــــــــــــــــــال : 
Sixty years .

Avoid using a singular count noun with a plural number.