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 The Dative plural is formed by adding So to ( ne inflexion plural in e>.

The Accusative plural is the same as the inflexion plural, both ending in O; but the inflexion is included in the kululoo, and the accusative in the i&i&^&t^&vj drootuprukrootooloo. To remind the reader of this material distinction, the inflexion will hereafter be written in it's simple state, without any of the additions peculiar to the ku,luloo; but ?&, with nn &c. will be added to all plural accusatives, for the reasons mentioned in treating of the accusative singular : $ is never aftixed to plural accusatives, because they always end in o, never in s 5 or "^.

The Vocative plural is formed by changing the final N> of the nominative plural into o $ or o TT.

The Ablative plural is formed by adding to the plural inflexion the post-positions. W* - "-c^ - &^ &c.

The Vocative particles, *9 - &>< - 2oox> an( j 2* i) are often prefixed to the vocative case : the first is used in calling men of inferior rank only ; the second in calling females inferior to oneself, among whom a wife is always included by the natives; and the third in calling men of equal rank with oneself; these three are prefixed to the vocative singular only : the last is prefixed to the vocative both in the singular and the plural number, and is used indifferently in calling superiors, inferiors, or equals.

It is of great importance that the reader should constantly bear in mind that, in nouns denoting inanimate things, the nominative is generally used for the accusative, and the accusative for the ablative, but that this is not the case  with nouns denoting animate objects.

By the addition of the various postpositions to the different cases which they govern, the reader may form any number of other cases at pleasure.

The nouns belonging to the iSSgsfco, or language of the land, are more numerous than those of any other class ; and, as the rules which regulate their declension extend also to nouns of the three other denominations, it seems proper to treat of them firsh