The genitives of masculine nouns are formed by the addition of the particle luĭ in the singular and lor in the plural, placing a before the nouns:—
| a omuluĭ, | ‘of the man;’ | a ómenilor, | ‘of the men.’ |
| a leuluĭ, | ‘of the lion;’ | a leilor, | ‘of the lions.’ |
For feminine nouns we change the final vowel into eĭ in the singular, and add lor to the plural:
| a copileĭ, | ‘of the girl;’ | a copilelor, | ‘of the girls.’ |
| a Regineĭ, | ‘of the Queen;’ | a Reginelor, | ‘of the Queens.’ |
The dative, singular and plural, are formed in the same way, but without the addition of a:
| omuluĭ, | ‘to the man;’ | ómenilor, | ‘to the men.’ |
| leuluĭ, | ‘to the lion;’ | leilor, | ‘to the lions.’ |
| copileĭ, | ‘to the girl;’ | copilelor, | ‘to the girls.’ |
| Regineĭ, | ‘to the Queen;’ | Reginelor, | ‘to the Queens.’ |
The accusative is like the nominative, but with the addition of the preposition pe placed before the noun in the case of animate beings:
| pe om or pe omul, pe ómenĭ or pe ómeniĭ. |
| pe regină or pe regina, pe regine or pe reginele. |
The ablative is expressed by the nominative, preceded by one of the following prepositions: în, la, din, de la, etc.
Note.—The masculine nouns ending with ă in their cases follow the analogy of feminine nouns.
Masculine proper nouns do not take generally the definite article, and the particles marking the genitive and dative are placed before them:
| Gheorghe, | ‘George.’ |
| a luĭ Gheorghe, | ‘of George.’ |
| luĭ Gheorghe, | ‘to George.’ |
