Editing Amharic (section)

====Accusative====
Amharic has an accusative marker, -''(ə)n''.  Its use is related to the definiteness of the object, thus Amharic shows [[differential object marking]].  In general, if the object is definite, possessed, or a proper noun, the accusative must be used, but if the direct object is not determined, the accusative marker is generally not used.<ref name="Leslau" />{{Rp|pages=181–182 ff.}}

{{fs interlinear|indent=2|lang = am
|ልጁ ውሻውን አባረረ
|lǝǧ-u wǝšša-w-ǝn abbarrär-ä.
|child-M.DEF dog-DEF-ACC drove.away-3MS.SUBJ
|'The boy drove the dog away.'}}

{{fs interlinear|indent=2|lang = am
|ውሻዋ በግ ነከሰች
|wǝšša-wa bäg näkkäs-äčč.
|dog-F.DEF sheep bit-3FS.SUBJ
|'The dog (F) bit a sheep.'}}

The accusative suffix is usually placed after the first word of the noun phrase:

{{fs interlinear|indent=2|lang = am
|ይህን ሰዓት ገዛ
|Yǝh-ǝn sä'at gäzz-a.
|this-ACC watch bought-3MS.SUBJ
|'He bought this watch.'}}