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:

		Muški rod (masculine)	Ženski rod (feminine)	Srednji rod (neutrum)
Jednina (singular)	Nominativ	prozor (window) susjed (neighbour)	stolica (chair) mačka (cat)	stablo (tree) kazalište (theatre)
	Accusative	e.g. vidim (I see) prozor susjeda*	e.g. vidim (I see) stolicu mačku	e.g. vidim (I see) stablo kazalište
Množina (plural)	Nominativ	prozori susjedi	stolice mačke	stabla kazališta
	Accusative	e.g. vidim (I see) prozore susjede	e.g. vidim (I see) stolice mačke	e.g. vidim (I see) stabla kazališta

*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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