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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ '''Example with ''karje'' 'army' '''
|+ '''Example with ''harje'' 'army' '''
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|-
!
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|-
!Nominative
!Nominative
| karje
| harje
| karjo
| harjo
|-
|-
!Accusative
!Accusative
| kari
| hari
| karjens
| harjens
|-
|-
!Genitive
!Genitive
| karje
| harje
| karjei
| harjei
|-
|-
!Dative
!Dative
| karja
| harja
| karjem
| harjem
|}
 
===== -o declension =====
The -o declension contains words ending in a -o. All its nouns are masculine.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative
| -o
| -jo
|-
!Accusative
| -o
| -ens
|-
!Genitive
| -au
| -je
|-
!Dative
| -au
| -em
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ '''Example with ''valdo'' 'forest' '''
|-
!
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative
| valdo
| valdzjo
|-
!Accusative
| valdo
| valdens
|-
!Genitive
| valdau
| valdzje
|-
!Dative
| valdau
| valdem
|}
 
===== -n declension =====
The -n declension contains words which end in -n or -o. The words ending in -n are masculine while the words ending in -o are neuter.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative
| -en/-o
| -ens/-onne
|-
!Accusative
| -en/-o
| -ens/-onne
|-
!Genitive
| -ens
| -ei/-anei
|-
!Dative
| -en
| -em
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ '''Example with ''gumen'' 'man' and ''herdo'' 'heart' '''
|-
!
!Singular
!Plural
|-
!Nominative
| gumen <br />herdo
| gumens <br />herdonne
|-
!Accusative
| gumen <br />herdo
| gumens <br />herdonne
|-
!Genitive
| gumens <br />herdens
| gumei <br />herdanei
|-
!Dative
| gumen <br />herden
| gumem <br />herdem
|}
|}


===== -i declension =====
The -i declension contains words ending in -i. All of its nouns are feminine and abstract. In some dialects, the -i declension also contains some masculine nouns which were regularized into a more normal -e declension.


= Derivation =
= Derivation =