accusative case

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In grammar, the accusative case is a grammatical case that marks the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions. It can also refer to the form of a word that is in the accusative case. For example, in English pronouns, it marks the object of a verb (like "me" in "he saw me") or a preposition (like "us" in "with us"). Some older Semitic languages, such as Arabic and Akkadian, used case endings to indicate a noun's function in a sentence, including nominative, accusative, and genitive cases.1234

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Armenian language
Morphology and syntax
genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, instrumental, and locative. However, many of these forms overlapped so that usually only three or four different forms existed; e.g., žam ‘time’ was both nominative and accusative, žamê was ablative, and žamu was genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative. A special form of locative…
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genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, instrumental, and locative. However, many of these forms overlapped so that usually only three or four different forms existed; e.g., žam ‘time’ was both nominative and accusative, žamê was ablative, and žamu was genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative. A special form of locative…
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noun
Objective cases
The direct object (in the accusative case) of a sentence receives the action of the verb. It is acted upon by the subject of the sentence. Not all sentences have direct objects. The direct object of each sentence is shown in italics in the examples below.
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The direct object (in the accusative case) of a sentence receives the action of the verb. It is acted upon by the subject of the sentence. Not all sentences have direct objects. The direct object of each sentence is shown in italics in the examples below.
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