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CASES OF NOUNS.
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The genitives of masculine nouns are formed by the addition of the particle luĭ in the singular and lor in the plural, placing a before the nouns:—

a omuluĭ, ‘of the man;’ a ómenilor, ‘of the men.’
a leuluĭ, ‘of the lion;’ a leilor, ‘of the lions.’

For feminine nouns we change the final vowel into in the singular, and add lor to the plural:

a copileĭ, ‘of the girl;’ a copilelor, ‘of the girls.’
a Regineĭ, ‘of the Queen;’ a Reginelor, ‘of the Queens.’

The dative, singular and plural, are formed in the same way, but without the addition of a:

omuluĭ, ‘to the man;’ ómenilor, ‘to the men.’
leuluĭ, ‘to the lion;’ leilor, ‘to the lions.’
copileĭ, ‘to the girl;’ copilelor, ‘to the girls.’
Regineĭ, ‘to the Queen;’ Reginelor, ‘to the Queens.’

The accusative is like the nominative, but with the addition of the preposition pe placed before the noun in the case of animate beings:

pe om or pe omul, pe ómenĭ or pe ómeniĭ.
pe regi or pe regina, pe regine or pe reginele.

The ablative is expressed by the nominative, preceded by one of the following prepositions: în, la, din, de la, etc.

Note.—The masculine nouns ending with ă in their cases follow the analogy of feminine nouns.

Masculine proper nouns do not take generally the definite article, and the particles marking the genitive and dative are placed before them:

Gheorghe, ‘George.’
a luĭ Gheorghe, ‘of George.’
luĭ Gheorghe, ‘to George.’