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Verbs of calling, naming, and the like can take two different accusatives, one that is the direct object and the other the predicate accusative. So, "the teacher calls Julia her favorite" would have the direct object accusative as "Julia", and the predicate accusative as "her favorite".
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In both English and Latin, there exists a certain type of object that's used after intransitive verbs, which don't normally take direct objects. This is the cognate accusative, and found in phrases like "he lives a worthwhile life". The cognate accusative also takes on a sort of adverbial meaning in many different situations.
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Similar to both the ablative of separation and dative of reference is the dative of separation. This use of the dative case comes often with verbs prefixed with ab, dē, or ex, and is used with people.
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Latin, unlike English, uses the endings of nouns to identify the role that a noun is playing in the sentence. The direct object - the noun receiving the action of the verb - is put into the accusative case. This is one of the most basic and important rules in all of Latin, especially for English speakers who don't normally have to worry about cases of nouns. Learn more about the accusative case with this video!
