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Man,	a	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ man:	Man sembal, a certain man.
	the

Is of one uniform declension in four cases: nominative (subject); genitive (possessive); dative (indirect objective); accusative (direct objective); thus—

	Singular.			Plural (see note 4, page 13).
Nom.	Dom	a	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ house.	Doms the houses.
		the
Gen.	Doma of ${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	a	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ house.	Domas of the houses.
		the
Dat.	Dome to ${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	a	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ house.	Domes to the houses.
		the
Acc.	Domi	a	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$ house.	Domis the houses.
		the

Every noun in the language follows this declension; i. e. the nominative is changed by a, e, and i to the genitive, dative, and accusative respectively, and s added to each case gives its plural.

(These follow the declension of nouns, and ol (thou) should be used when a single person is meant.)

Is formed by adding ik to the personal pronoun; thus: Obik, obsik, My, our, etc. They are used adjectively (in which case they follow the noun and are not declined) and pronominally (in which case they are declined); thus —