Accusative Plural: -as, -os, -a

Accusative Plural Endings

Level 2

Three endings for the things a verb acts on, in the plural.

How It Works

Group	Nominative plural	Accusative plural	English
first	puellae	puellas	the girls (object)
second, masculine	amici	amicos	the friends (object)
second, neuter	verba	verba	the words (object)

The singular accusative ends in -m: puellam, amicum, verbum. In the plural it ends in -s, except for neuter words.

The accusative plural is also the form after ad, per and in when it means into.

To read quickly, look at the last letters. A noun that ends in -as or -os in the plural is probably the object. A neuter noun in -a needs the verb and the sense to show whether it is subject or object.

Examples (5)

Marcus puellas videt.
Marcus sees the girls.
Puellas is accusative plural of puella.
Iulia amicos vocat.
Iulia calls her friends.
Amicos is accusative plural of amicus.
Pueri verba audiunt.
The boys hear the words.
Verba is accusative plural of verbum.
Agricolae agros amant.
The farmers love the fields.
Agros is accusative plural of ager.
Pueri dona portant.
The boys carry gifts.
Dona is accusative plural of donum.

Common Mistakes

Giving a neuter noun the masculine ending.
Pueri verbos audiunt.
Pueri verba audiunt.
Verbum is neuter, so its accusative plural is verba, not a form in -os.

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Accusative Plural: -as, -os, -aLevel 2Accusative Plural Endings

Learn This First

These are the plural of the accusative, so plural nouns come first.

One or More Than One
Know plural nouns, because the plural object endings are -as, -os and -a: puellas, servos, verba.
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