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Questions & Answers about Директор видит клиента.
Why does the word for client have an "-а" at the end (клиента)?
In this sentence, the client is the direct object (the person being seen). Because клиент is a masculine animate noun (a living being), its Accusative case takes the ending "-а". This is the new rule you are learning: for living masculine nouns, the direct object form changes!
Since директор is also a living person, why doesn't it change to директора too?
Директор is the subject of the sentence, meaning he is the one doing the seeing. The subject always stays in its base dictionary form (the Nominative case), no matter if it is animate or inanimate. Only the direct object takes the special animate ending.
The verb видит (sees) ends in "-ит". Doesn't the dictionary form видеть end in "-еть"?
Yes, it does! Видеть (to see) is a common exception. Even though it ends in "-еть", it follows the pattern of "-ить" verbs. That is why the "he/she/it" form is видит instead of using an "-ет" ending.
Can I change the word order to Клиента видит директор?
Absolutely. Because the ending "-а" on клиента clearly marks who is being seen, and директор has no added ending so it must be the subject, you can swap the order without changing who sees whom. Putting клиента first just places more emphasis on the client.