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 * rowspan=2 | Man,
 * a
 * rowspan=2 | man:
 * rowspan=2 | Man sembal, a certain man.
 * the
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 * the
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Is of one uniform declension in four cases: nominative (subject); genitive (possessive); dative (indirect objective); accusative (direct objective); thus—

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 —