In the German language there are four cases: nominative, genitive, dative and accusative. In this lesson we'll go deeper into the accusative case.
The accusative case is used for the direct object in a sentence. The direct object is "acted upon" by the subject of the sentence. For example in the sentence Thomas eats a banana, the subject is Thomas and the direct object is a banana.
Luckily, the form of the accusative case is much simpler than the genetive case. As you can see in the table below, only the masculine form differs from the nominative case.
| Definite | Indefinite | |
|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Die Frau ißt den Apfel. The woman eats the apple. | Die Frau ißt einen Apfel. The woman eats an apple. |
| Feminine | Der Mann ißt die Banane. The man eats the banana. | Der Mann ißt eine Banane. The man eats a banana. |
| Neuter | Der Hund beißt das Kind. The dog bites the child. | Der Hund beißt ein Kind. The dog bites a child. |
| Plural | Die Frau ißt die Äpfel. The woman eats the apples. | - |
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