To change verbs into nouns, you add NO or KOTO to the plain forms of verbs, such as the dictionary form or the TA-form. Let me explain this, using the sentence in the skit that means "To be a ...

Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

KORE (this), KOKO (here, at this place) and KONO (this which comes before a noun) belong to the KO group, as these words all begin with KO. They refer to things, persons or places close to the ...