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 There are two [[w:Grammatical number|numbers]] - singular and plural - although certain words are only encountered in one of these. [[w:Grammatical gender|Grammatical gender]] appears to be in process of disappearing from the language, Dhannuá originally having had three - masculine, feminine, neuter - but now tendencies to merge the first two in adjectives and referents are becoming increasingly prevalent in certain forms of the spoken language, while morphologically the neuter has in many cases merged with the feminine, giving many "feminine" nouns for historical neuters, e.g. ''áranna'' 'a question'.
-{| class="wikitable" style="background:#F0F0F0"
+=====Nominative=====
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="6" | '''Example declension'''
+As Dhannuá is a nominative-accusative language, the nominative ({{sc|nom}}) is used for the argument of intransitive verbs (subject) and for the agent in transitive verbs.
-|-
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" |  ''Gloss''  || style="background:#99CCFF" colspan ="5" |  <span style="color:#008000">flower</span>
+In an intransitive sentence:
-|-
+:''Reidhadh aicuir '''riaros úiru'''.''
-! style="background:#8691FF" colspan="0" | Number || style="background:#8691FF" colspan="2" | Singular || style="background:#8691FF" colspan="2" | Plural
+:: “''The red man'' rides quickly.”
-|-
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Nominative (anómaniú)
+In a transitive sentence:
-| colspan="2" | bhlór || colspan="2" | bhleir
+:''Reidhadh supermarcetann úennan '''úiru'''.''
-|-
+:: “''The man'' rides the woman to the supermarket.”
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Genitive (niriú)
-| colspan="2" | bhlóar || colspan="2" | bhlóru
+=====Accusative=====
-|-
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Dative (datiú)
+The accusative ({{sc|acc}}) is used for the object of a transitive verb and also in certain expressions of time. Finally, it is also used to indicate the goal of verbs of motion.
-| colspan="2" | bhlód || colspan="2" | bhléd
-|-
+Marked on the object of a transitive verb:
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Accusative (acusatiú)
+:''Dhúmadh '''abhlonn''' so.''
-| colspan="2" | bhlónn || colspan="2" | bhlóranna
+:: “He is smoking ''an apple''.”
-|-
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Essive (issóiú)
+In a fix time expression:
-| colspan="2" | bhlóta || colspan="2" | bhlóradh
+:''Ísdh '''nósann''' so!''
-|-
+:: “''Tonight'' it is!”
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Comitative (ueiú)
-| colspan="2" | bhlórúe || colspan="2" | bhleirúe
+As the goal of a verb of motion:
-|-
+:''Reidhadh '''supermarcetann''' úennan úiru.''
-! style="background:#99CCFF" colspan="1" | Instrumental (aissiú)
+:: “The man rides the woman ''to the supermarket''.”
-| colspan="2" | bhlóri || colspan="2" | bhlórí
-|-
+=====Genitive=====
-|}
+The genitive ({{sc|gen}}) is used to indicate a relationship of sorts between nouns, after most prepositions, and yet again in certain time expressions.
+:''Ísdh sa dhannuá '''Súalannu'''!''
+:: “That is the language ''of Swedes''”
+:''Bhúirann bhuanna palann í '''Sinaror'''.''
+:: “They found a plain in Shinar.”
 ====Verb====