Basque declensions

In basque grammar, there is about 20 declensions, among with 5 can be considered as fondamental cases :

    Singular Plural   Examples
Nominative NOR -A -AK Used with untransitive verbs subjects. Gizona etorri da
(the man has come)
Active NORK -AK -EK Used with transitive verbs subjects. Gizonak erran du
(the man has told)
Dative NORI -ARI -EI   Gizonak zaldiari belara eman du
(the man has given some grass to the horse).
Possessive genitive NOREN -AREN -EN Whose, What Gizonaren zaldia
(man's horse)
Inessive (inert objects) NON -(e)AN -ETAN   Gizonak etxean da
(the man is in the house)


Following cases also exist :


    Singular Plural   Examples
Inessive (living beings) NORENGAN -A(REN)GAN -ENGAN    
Elative (inert objects) NON + TIK (NONDIK) -(e)TIK -ETATIK From, since. Gizona etxetik etorri da
(The man has come from the house)
Elative (living beings) NOREN + GANDIK -A(REN)GANDIK -ENGANDIK From (who) Ene maitearengandik gutun bat irakurtsen dut
(I read a letter from my girlfriend)
  NON + KO (NONGO) -(e)KO -ETAKO From Baionetako exteak
(Bayonne's houses)
Adlative (inert objects) NO(N) + RA (NORA) -(e)RA -ETARA to, towards Etxetara joan da
(He has gone towards the houses)
Unitive NOREKIN -AREKIN -EKIN With (who) Bere amarekin etorri da
(He has come with his mother)
  NORENGATIK -A(REN)GATIK -ENGATIK Because  
Prolative NORENTZAT -ARENTZAT -ENTZAT For (who) Zaldi hori zure aitarentzat erosi dugu (We have bought this horse for your father)
Approximative NO(N) + RAINO -(e)RAINO -ETARAINO Up to, until  
  NO(N) + RAKO -(e)RAKO -ETARAKO to go where  
  NO(N) + RANTZ -(e)RANTZ -ETARANTZ    
Mediative (modality, transport, ...) ZERTAZ
ZEREZ
-AZ -EZ   Treinaz etorri naiz
(I came by train)
Partitive   -IK -IK    


Declensions elaboration must also take into account the following rules :
Rule Nr 1 :
When a word ends by a consonnant, an "e" has to be added (Ex : mutil + k = mutilek)
When a word ends by a vowel, an "r" has to be added (Ex : seme + i = semeri)
Rule Nr 2 : When two vowels succeeds, the following rules have to be applied :
A + A = A (Ex : neskA + AREN = neskAren)
A + E = E (Ex : neskA + EN = neskEn)
E + A = EA (Ex : semE + AREN = semEAren)
E + E = EE (Ex : semE + EN = semEEn)