ACCUSATIVE

• Used to indicate the direct object.
• Shows to or into what place motion is directed, or how far. No prepositions are needed to show movement into cities, towns, or small cities. Eg. Romam to Rome.
• Used to show how long something goes on. Eg. septem annos for seven years; una hora for one hour.
• Is taken by the subject and the object of infinitives in indirect speech. Eg. Puerum vivere dixit. He said that the boy is alive. Dico eum libros scribere. I say that he writes the books.