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Noun cases are used to indicate the grammatical function of the noun within the sentence.  By contrast, English and most other modern Romance languages mostly use the noun's position within the sentence to denote its grammatical function.

Noun cases are used to indicate the grammatical function of the noun within the sentence.  By contrast, English and most other modern Romance languages mostly use the noun's position within the sentence to denote its grammatical function.

Nouns all have grammatical [[gender]] (either masculine, feminine or neuter).  While nouns the correspond to people will generally match the logical gender (for example, ''puella'', meaning "girl" is feminine, while ''puer'', meaning "boy" is masculine), other nouns which do not have a natural gender will still have a grammatical gender (for example, ''arbor'', meaning "tree" is feminine, ''portus'', "harbor" is masculine, and ''bellum'', "war" is neuter).

Nouns all have grammatical [[grammar|gender]] (either masculine, feminine or neuter).  While nouns the correspond to people will generally match the logical gender (for example, ''puella'', meaning "girl" is feminine, while ''puer'', meaning "boy" is masculine), other nouns which do not have a natural gender will still have a grammatical gender (for example, ''arbor'', meaning "tree" is feminine, ''portus'', "harbor" is masculine, and ''bellum'', "war" is neuter).

Each Latin noun falls into one of five declensions, which will determine the endings used to indicate case.  Latin has six major grammatical cases as indicated below:

Each Latin noun falls into one of five declensions, which will determine the endings used to indicate case.  Latin has six major grammatical cases as indicated below: