The accusative case (used without prepositions)

The accusative (akuzativ) is the most commonly used case in Croatian. When used without prepositions, it describes an object of an action, direct or indirect.

For example, a noun is in the accusative case whenever:

Whenever you're asking for something
For example:
→ Kavu, molim – Coffee, please
→ Sendvič, molim – Sandwich, please

Whenever you're talking about the object of your actions
For example:
→ Pijem vodu - I'm drinking water
→ Slušam radio - I'm listening to the radio

The accusative case is declined as follows:

*This change only applies to masculine nouns which denote living beings (i.e. people and animals). These nouns receive the ending -a in the accusative case.

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