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Accusative Case and Direct Objects

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 . The noun “book” is the direct object, because it’s what the author wrote. It is receiving the action of the verb “wrote”.

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Accusative Case and Direct Objects

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  1. Accusative Case and Direct Objects Lingua Latina I

  2. Direct objects receive the action of the verb in a sentence. Ex.: The author wrote an excellent book. The noun “book” is the direct object, because it’s what the author wrote. It is receiving the action of the verb “wrote”. Direct object

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. The endings for the accusative case are: SingularPlural -am -as

  6. 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”.

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