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Accusative Case and Direct
Objects
Lingua Latina I
Direct objects receive the action of the verb
in a sentence.
Ex.: The author wrote an excellent book.
Direct object
The noun “book” is the direct object,
because it’s what the author wrote. It is
receiving the action of the verb “wrote”.
What are the direct objects in the following
sentences?
a.)
We all laughed at the clown as he danced.
b.) Sarah bought three pairs of shoes at the mall
yesterday.
c.) I ate a salad and a sandwich for lunch
yesterday.
In Latin, we use endings to show that a noun
is the direct object in a sentence.
The name of the case used for direct objects
in Latin is called the ACCUSATIVE case.
The endings for the accusative case are:
Singular
-am
Plural
-as
Ex.:
Puellae aquam bonam portant.
Insulas parvas amant.
Familiae fortunam bonam amant.
Nota Bene: You will have a direct object with action verbs,
such as “portant” and “amant”. You will never have an
accusative case direct object with linking verbs like
“sunt” and “est”.