Nouns Masculine Feminine Neuter Ending in Ending in Ending in oF ST ow 3g 3 8 g 3 3S SB 3 Bo B Original Source (Prototype) Case Endings (used for Nouns ending in consonants - Masculine& Feminine) Dual Plural 1) Subject a 2) Direct Object a at 3) by / with 4) to / for vu 5) from a 6) of /'s/s' a T)in/on/at 3 ala 8) Direct address $| 9) Neuter 1) Subject 2) Direct Obj. zg 8) Direct Address 3-7) same as mase. / fem. above Source endings, or elements of them will appear in all noun declensions on the following pages in the colors given above - green blue majenta - in the same positions as above. Class vowels - the final sound of each noun, or here, the beginning sound of each ending- sometimes modified. will be shown in black. Red = additional letters, not derived from the class vowel or source ending. 1Masculine Neuter a a The color diagram below shows how the endings for this noun class are derived from a combining of the final vowel, here S, of all words in this class, with the original prototype endings. ( pagel). Whatever is given in black below represents the final 31 of the noun, either in its original form or modified into 3 TT. For example, the 3 contained as the final sound of the word as part of the letter 7, is shown below in black incorporated and modified into the endings. Singular Dual 1) Subject 2) Direct Object 3) by / with 4) to for 5) from 6) of /'s/s' 7) in/on/at 1) Subject 2) Direct Object 3-7) 8) Direct address *For example, see color Diagram 3 at the end of Lesson 3.Feminine ST 1) Subject 2) Direct Object | 3) by / with | 4) to / for 5) from 6) of /'s/s! 7) in/on/at 8) Direct address | 7 U ot: Blue - represents standard feminine endings (expanded source endings) - Cases 4-7 singular only) Example: €T story Singular Dual Plural 1) Subject 2) Direct Object 3) by / with 4) to/ for 5) from 6) of /'s/s' 7) in /on/ at 8) Direct address