noun
- plural of accusative; grammatical cases that mark the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions
Usage: grammar
Examples
- The accusatives in German are more complex than in English.
- Students struggled to identify the accusatives in the Latin sentences.
- Both ‘me’ and ‘him’ are accusatives in English.
- The teacher explained how accusatives function differently across languages.
- Ancient Greek had distinct accusatives for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns.
- Learning accusatives is essential for understanding case systems.