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Accusative
Accusative is a case. Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
The accusative case is often used to identify the person or thing receiving the action.
Sometimes the accusative is translated into English by adding the words to, for, with, by, by means of, in, at, upon, or besides.
What types of words use the accusative case?
- Noun- Case on a noun helps the reader to know how someone or something relates to the action of the verb.
- Article- Case on an article helps the reader know which word the article is attached to.
- Adjective- Case on an adjective can help the reader to know which noun the adjective is describing. If the adjective is not used to describe something and it acts like a noun, case helps the reader to know how the word relates to the action of the verb.
- Participle- Case on a participle is used in the same way as it is with the noun or adjective.
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How else can the accusative be used in a sentence?
- It can help to define or explain the action of a verb.
- It can limit the action of a verb. It can be translated as with respect to.
- It can tell the reader how far something goes. It explains to the reader how long something is or how much time.
- It can be used with certain prepositions. When these prepositions are used, they always are used with a word in the accusative case.
- It can be used with infinitive verbs. When this happens, the accusative word is the person or thing doing the action of the infinitive verb.
- Sometimes there are two accusative words and one verb. Sometimes when this happens, both accusative words can identify the person or thing receiving the action. * Sometimes when this happens, one accusative word identifies the person or thing receiving the action and the other accusative word tells the reader something about the person or thing receiving the action.
- A word can be in the accusative case because it is connected to another word in the accusative case in some way.
- It can be used with a verb that has a very similar meaning. When this happens, the speaker or writer really wants people to pay attention to what they are saying. When this word is used with a verb in the passive voice, it identifies the person or thing doing the action.
See: Noun; Article; Adjective; Verb; Adverb; Participle; Infinitive; Passive