Editing Accusative case (section)

== Semitic languages ==
Accusative case marking existed in [[Proto-Semitic]], [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], and [[Ugaritic]]. It is preserved today in many Semitic languages as [[Modern Standard Arabic]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Ge'ez]].

'''Accusative in Akkadian'''

:Nominative: {{Transliteration|akk|awīlum}} (a/the man)
:Accusative: {{Transliteration|akk|apaqqid awīlam}} (I trust a/the man)

'''Accusative in Arabic'''
{{fs interlinear|lang=ar|top=Nominative
|رَجُلٌ
|rajul-un
|man-NOM
|a man}}
{{fs interlinear|lang=ar|top=Accusative
|أَسْأَلُ رَجُلًا
|as'alu rajul-an 
|I.ask man-ACC
|I ask a man}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=ar
|أَسْأَلُ الرَّجُلَ
|as'alu ar-rajul-a
|I.ask DEF-man-ACC
|I ask the man
}}

The accusative case is called in Arabic {{lang|ar|النصب}} ({{Transliteration|ar|an-naṣb}}) and it has many other uses in addition to marking the object of a verb.

'''Accusative in Hebrew'''

{{fs interlinear|lang=he|top=Nominative
|תַּפּוּחַ
|tapuakh
|apple
|{{gloss|an apple}}}}

{{fs interlinear|lang=he|top=Accusative
|אָכַלְתִּי אֵת הַתַּפּוּחַ
|akhalti et hatapuakh
|I.ate DO apple.DEF
|{{gloss|I ate the apple}}}}

In Hebrew, if the object of the sentence is a pronoun (e.g., I, you, s/he) and the transitive verb requires a direct object, the word {{lang|he|אֵת}} {{Transliteration|he|et}} is combined with the pronoun into an object pronoun.
The combined words are:
* me: {{Lang|he|אוֹתִי}} {{Transliteration|he|otí}}
* you (singular): {{lang|he|אוֹתְךָ}} {{Transliteration|he|otkhá}} (M); {{lang|he|אוֹתָךְ}} {{Transliteration|he|otákh}} (F)
* him: {{lang|he|אוֹתוֹ}} {{Transliteration|he|otó}}
* her: {{lang|he|אוֹתׇהּ}} {{Transliteration|he|otáh}}
* we: {{lang|he|אוֹתָנוּ}} {{Transliteration|he|otánu}}
* you (plural): {{lang|he|אֶתְכֶם}} {{Transliteration|he|etkhém}} (M); {{lang|he|אֶתְכֶן}} {{Transliteration|he|etkhén}} (F)
* them: {{lang|he|אוֹתָם}} {{Transliteration|he|otám}} (M); {{lang|he|אוֹתָן}} {{Transliteration|he|otán}} (F)