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Cases of Nouns: Objective (Accusative) Case

Objective (Accusative) is the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. When we say object, objective case or object of the preposition we are not talking about something tangible or the literal object or thing . We refer to them as one that receives the action . In short, words that receives the action are in objective case . We can call it the recipient . Observe this chart for the position and characteristics of words or group of words in objective case.

Cases of Nouns: Nominative (Subject) Case

Nominative (Subject) is the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the subject of a verb. Marking typically the subject of a verb especially in languages that have relatively full inflection. A noun, pronoun or an adjective in nominative case is the subject. The subject is the doer of the action , the one that carries out the action or the one being described. Take a look at this chart; observe the words that identifies the subject in a sentence.