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A regular noun in Tevrés belongs to one of three basic declension classes, a group of nouns with similar inflected forms. These classes are generally typified by the final vowel of the nominative and accusative cases. Class I is identified by the letter -a, class II by -o, and class III by either an -e or a consonant. However, there is significant variation within declension classes, and thus these are further divided into subclasses.

There are five Tevrés noun cases, which also apply to adjectives and pronouns and mark a noun's syntactic role in the sentence by means of inflections. These cases display a high degree of ''syncretism'', or identical endings shared between different cases. This causes ambiguity, which is usually resolved either by use of articles, prepositions, or ~~both~~. Some cases, such as the genitive, are used almost exclusively with the definite article; in indefinite constructions, the ablative plus the preposition el ("from") is used: lla çella uy gom ("the wumbo's cat") versus lla çella el goma ("a/some wumbo's cat").

There are five Tevrés noun cases, which also apply to adjectives and pronouns and mark a noun's syntactic role in the sentence by means of inflections. These cases display a high degree of ''syncretism'', or identical endings shared between different cases. This causes ambiguity, which is usually resolved either by use of articles, prepositions, context, or all of the above. Some cases, such as the genitive, are used almost exclusively with the definite article; in indefinite constructions, the ablative plus the preposition ''el'' ("from") is used: ''lla çella uy gom'' ("the wumbo's cat") versus ''lla çella el goma'' ("a/some wumbo's cat").

# '''Nominative''' — used when the noun is the subject. The person or thing acting: the '''cat''' ran: '''lla çella''' cotllía

# '''Nominative''' — used when the noun is the subject. The person or thing acting: the '''cat''' ran: '''''lla çella''' cotllía''

# '''Accusative''' — used when the noun is the direct object of the subject. The person or thing acted upon: the wumbo drank the '''water''': lla goma '''lla ota''' teuta

# '''Accusative''' — used when the noun is the direct object of the subject. The person or thing acted upon: the wumbo drank the '''water''': ''lla goma '''lla ota''' teuta''

# '''Dative''' — used when the noun is the indirect object of the sentence, or otherwise then the noun is effected by the action. It may also be used for direction or location of movement or action; I gave a cat to my '''friend''': '''''garino tuyo''' çella teçía''; The cat went '''home''': ''lla çella '''como''' vía''

====Class I====

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 A regular noun in Tevrés belongs to one of three basic declension classes, a group of nouns with similar inflected forms.  These classes are generally typified by the final vowel of the nominative and accusative cases.  Class I is identified by the letter -a, class II by -o, and class III by either an -e or a consonant.  However, there is significant variation within declension classes, and thus these are further divided into subclasses.
-There are five Tevrés noun cases, which also apply to adjectives and pronouns and mark a noun's syntactic role in the sentence by means of inflections.  These cases display a high degree of ''syncretism'', or identical endings shared between different cases.  This causes ambiguity, which is usually resolved either by use of articles, prepositions, or both.  Some cases, such as the genitive, are used almost exclusively with the definite article; in indefinite constructions, the ablative plus the preposition el ("from") is used: lla çella uy gom ("the wumbo's cat") versus lla çella el goma ("a/some wumbo's cat").
+There are five Tevrés noun cases, which also apply to adjectives and pronouns and mark a noun's syntactic role in the sentence by means of inflections.  These cases display a high degree of ''syncretism'', or identical endings shared between different cases.  This causes ambiguity, which is usually resolved either by use of articles, prepositions, context, or all of the above.  Some cases, such as the genitive, are used almost exclusively with the definite article; in indefinite constructions, the ablative plus the preposition ''el'' ("from") is used: ''lla çella uy gom'' ("the wumbo's cat") versus ''lla çella el goma'' ("a/some wumbo's cat").
-# '''Nominative''' — used when the noun is the subject.  The person or thing acting: the '''cat''' ran: '''lla çella''' cotllía
+# '''Nominative''' — used when the noun is the subject.  The person or thing acting: the '''cat''' ran: '''''lla çella''' cotllía''
-# '''Accusative''' — used when the noun is the direct object of the subject.  The person or thing acted upon: the wumbo drank the '''water''': lla goma '''lla ota''' teuta
+# '''Accusative''' — used when the noun is the direct object of the subject.  The person or thing acted upon: the wumbo drank the '''water''': ''lla goma '''lla ota''' teuta''
+# '''Dative''' — used when the noun is the indirect object of the sentence, or otherwise then the noun is effected by the action.  It may also be used for direction or location of movement or action; I gave a cat to my '''friend''': '''''garino tuyo''' çella teçía''; The cat went '''home''': ''lla çella '''como''' vía''
 ====Class I====