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Welcome to our Slovenian grammar course for beginners! Today, we're going to talk about the accusative case, "Tožilnik" in Slovenian grammar.
Before reading the article, we strongly recommend that you read the lesson about Nominative, Genitive and Dative.

Accusative

The accusative case answers the questions koga? (whom? ), kaj? (what? ), and kam? (where to). It is used without prepositions when we answer these questions. Nouns in the accusative case cannot be subjects in sentences.
For example:
Additionally, it is very often used with the following prepositions:

- za, answering the question za kaj (for what) or za koga (for whom).
For example:

- "v", answering the question kam (where to).
Examples:

- "na", also answering the question kam (where to).
Examples:

Singular

Now let's go through the endings. Singular form:

One special feature is that in the singular form of the neuter gender, the nominative and accusative cases are the same in Slovenian. The forms for the masculine gender are the same only for inanimate objects; for animate objects, the accusative case forms coincide with the genitive case forms. In the feminine gender, nouns have the "-o."

Dual

Now, let's see what happens with the dual number:

Actually, nothing happens! In Slovenian, the accusative case forms in the dual number are 100% identical to the nominative case forms in the dual number. That's why tožilnik and imenovalnik are often compared.

Plural

And finally, the plural form:

In the plural form, only nouns and adjectives of the masculine gender have special endings - instead of the "-i" in the nominative case, the accusative case has the ending "-e." The feminine and neuter forms remain unchanged, as in the nominative case.

Summary

We hope that everything is clear after reading this article. We are waiting for you in the next lesson, where we will talk about the instrumental case (Orodnik). Good luck!