NOUN ENDING CHART

Case (S)*
1 (F)
2 (M)
2 (N)
3 (M)
3 (N)
4 (M)
4 (N)
5 (M)
Nominative a us, er, r um none set none set us u es
Genitive ae i i is is us us ei
Dative ae o o i i ui u ei
Accusative am um um em none set um u em
Ablative a** o o e e u u e
Case (P)*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nominative ae i a es a us ua es
Genitive arum orum orum um um uum uum erum
Dative is is is ibus ibus ibus ibus ebus
Accusative as os e es a us ua es
Ablative is is is ibus ibus ibus ibus ebus


Usage:

To use these endings, just stick 'em on the end of a noun; in most latin dictionaries, it will give you the gender (and sometimes number) of any given noun, and you will use that to correspond to the M (for Masculine), F (for Feminine) and N (for Neuter)

The first declension (indicated by the "1" in the top row) is almost always feminine; 2nd is always either masculine or neuter, as with the 3rd. The fourth and fifth are not as commonly used.

Nominative Case: Used for subjects, predicate nominatives, and subjective complements
Genitive Case: Used when speaking of posession (as in "the eraser of Matt") -> "of"
Dative Case: Used for indirect objects (usually preceded by "to" or "for")
Accusative Case: Used for direct objects (sometimes used also for objects of prepositions)
Ablative Case: Used for prepositional phrases (usually preceded by "e, ex, a, ab, in, etc.")
Vocative Case: Only used (and not used much) for direct address (such as "Hey Marcus!")

*I did not include the Vocative case, as it is not as commonly used as these other endings. If
you would like to know it's endings, here's a little reference table...
Declension (Singular) Vocative Ending
1 (F) a
2 (M) e or none set
2 (N) um or none set
3 none set
4 (M) us
4 (N) u
5 es
Declension (Plural) Vocative Ending
1 (F) a
2 (M) e or none set
2 (N) um or none set
3 none set
4 (M) us
4 (N) u
5 es

**If underlined, this means the ending always must have a line on top indicating that it is hard.

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