Accusative Case
The accusative case is something English doesn't really have (or is very weak :P). Basically, it explains the direct object you do the action to. "I took the book". The book is in the accusative. "You saw me". Me is the accusative.

Stressed Accusative Pronouns

Nominative Accusative
Romanian Pronoun Romanian Accusative English
Eu Mine Me
Tu Tine You
El El Him
Ea Ea Her
Noi Noi Us
Voi Voi You (plural)
Ei Ei Them (masculine)
Ele Ele Them (feminine)

For those of you that might be confused, The only different accusative pronouns are mine and tine (me, you). The rest are the same. You usually use those pronouns after a preposition. Those are known as the stressed accusative pronouns. Some example sentences:

Mergi fără mine?? - Are you going without me??
Trebuie să vorbesc cu tine. - I need to speak with you
Pot să faci ceva pentru mine? - Can you do something for me?
Trebuie să merg la ea diseară. - I need to go to her place tonight.

Now you might be asking.. how would you say something like "I see you" or "I love you" or even something along the lines of that. Well, if you keep looking down in this lesson, you will find out how. Shall we?

These next ones are called the unstressed accusative pronouns. They're basically the little words you use to indicate who you're doing the action to. Let's go to the words :).

Unstressed accusative pronouns

Accusative
Stressed Unstressed English
Mine Mă Me
Tine Te You
El Îl Him
Ea O Her
Noi Ne Us
Voi Vă You (plural)
Ei Îi Them (masculine)
Ele Le Them (feminine)

These pronouns always come before the verb: Mă văd, te văd, îl vad o văd, etc. Here are some example sentences below.

îl văd! I see him!
Poți să mă auzi? - Can you hear me?

At times you can add both the stressed and unstressed forms for more emphasis when it's not needed, or be used independently. Always use 'pe' before the stressed form. Example sentence.

Te Iubesc pe tine.
Pe mine?
Da, pe tine!
I love you
(you love) me?
Yes, you!

"Te iubesc tine" cannot work. A stressed accusative pronoun always has to have a preposition. Speaking more of 'pe'. You also use it before a person that everyone knows, a name of a person or animal, or toy doll, teddy-bear.. somewhere along those lines that have to do with an inanimate object being a metaphor for a person. If it's a general person, character, animal, or a location, you don't use 'pe'.


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