Noun endings

puella

the girl (subject)

puellam

the girl (object)

puellae

to/for the girl; the girls (subject)

puellas

the girls (object)

puellis

to/for the girls

servus

the slave (subject)

servum

the slave (object)

servo

to/for the slave

servi

the slaves (subject)

servos

the slaves (object)

servis

to/for the slaves

mercator

the merchant (subject)

mercatorem

the merchant (object)

mercatori

to/for the merchant

mercatores

the merchants (subject or object)

mercatoribus

to/for the merchants

nominative

subject/the one doing the verb

accusative

object/translate after the verb

dative

to/for the noun

singular

one of a thing

plural

more than one

First declension

nouns with endings like puella

Second declension

nouns with endings like servus

Third declension

nouns with endings like mercator