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The Accusative Case
CHAPTER 2
Review of Chapter 1
 In Chapter 1 you learned that Latin has 5 CASES.
 Two important facts to remember:
1. The case of a noun is determined by its use in the
sentence.
2. The ending of a Latin noun will tell you what case
that word is in.
Review, continued
 the Nominative case is used for subjects and
predicate nominatives.
 the Ablative Case is used as the object of the
preposition, “in” .
Use of the Accusative Case
 The first use of the Accusative case is for direct
objects.
Examples:
 Will ate an apple.
 Anna played the piano.
 Michelle planted the tomato plants in the garden.
Each of the highlighted words is a direct object, and it
would have an accusative ending.
Direct Objects and their Verbs
 A direct object receives the action of a verb.
 The direct object will answer who? or what? after
the verb.
Examples:
 Matthew hit the ball. What did he hit? The ball . . .
. . .ball is the direct object.

I love you! Whom do I love? You . . .. . .You is the
direct object.
Action Verbs
 Notice that to have a direct object, you
must
have an action verb.
 Linking verbs (est, sunt) are never followed by
direct objects.
Accusative Endings
 In Latin, direct objects will have an Accusative
ending.
 The Accusative endings for all three declensions are
listed below. N.B. All singular direct objects end in
–m; all plural direct objects end in –s.
Number
First
Declension
Second
Declension
Third
Declension
Singular
villam
amicum
canem
Plural
villas
amicos
canes
Word Order
 Typically, the word order in a Latin sentence is:
Subject
S
Direct Object
DO
Verb
V
HOWEVER…the use of the noun is dictated by the
ENDING, not the word order.
Recap
 You have now learned 3 cases: Nominative,
Accusative, Ablative.
Case
Use
Nominative
Subject, predicate
nominative
Accusative
Direct Object
Ablative
Object of Preposition