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Rh 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:—

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

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

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

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: