Some Accusatives which were originally Appositives; viz.
Such accusatives, called accusatives of the Object, are never attended by a preposition, and become nominative in the passive construction.
Both theseaccusatives sometimes have their places taken by a prepositional expression, or by an adverb; in the passive construction, they are not convertible into a nominative, but remain accusative.
Suppose, also, that all the dative cases ended in -m, and all the accusatives in some other letter.
The words him and them are true accusatives in even a less degree than thee, me, us, and you.
In other words, why do we call him and them {240} accusatives rather than datives or genitives?
The accusatives of such nouns are of the same form as the nominative.
Not Li pardonis sian filon lian kulpon, for the two accusatives here would create confusion.
By the side of these datives we have analogous accusatives in am, genitives and ablatives in as, locatives in i.
We next come to a large number of datives, ablatives, or genitives, and accusatives of verbal nouns in +tu+.
In other words, why do we call him and them accusatives rather than datives or genitives?
Suppose, also, that all the dative cases ended in -m, and all the accusatives in some other letter.
After what verbs are two accusatives commonly found?
What do these accusatives become when the verb is passive?
Select theaccusatives of time and space and the ablatives of time in the following: When did the general arrive?
Observe in 2 that when the verb is changed to the passive both of the accusatives become nominatives, the direct object becoming the subject and the predicate accusative the predicate nominative.
Both Devan and Brahman areaccusatives governed by Avamanya.
The commentator explains that the accusatives in the first line of verse 5 governed by hareyam in the previous verse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "accusatives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
