Expertlatin
Nominative case is the case used for a noun or pronoun which is the subject of a verb. Accusative case is the case used for a noun or pronoun which is the object of a sentence.
- What's the difference between nominative and accusative?
- What is accusative vs nominative in Russian?
- Where is the accusative case used?
What's the difference between nominative and accusative?
Nominative case is always used for the subject in a sentence. This is a word that tells us who does what according to the verb of the sentence. Thus, verb's subject is always in a nominative case. Accusative case is always used for the verb's object that is the word that takes or receives the action of the verb.
What is accusative vs nominative in Russian?
The nominative case shows the subject, or the doer of the action or the predicate. The genitive case shows possession, and it is also often used in a negation. The dative case marks the indirect object, or the receiver of the action. The accusative case shows the direct object, or the object of the action.
Where is the accusative case used?
The accusative case is used for the direct object of transitive verbs, for the internal object (mostly of intransitive verbs), for the subject of a subordinate infinitive (that is, not as the subject of the historical infinitive), to indicate place to which, extent or duration, and for the object of certain ...
