Nota accusativi
Nota accusativi is a grammatical term for a particle that marks a noun as being in the accusative case. An example is the use of the word a in Spanish before an animate direct object: Jorge lleva a su gato..
Esperanto
Officially, in Esperanto, the suffix letter -n is used to mark an accusative. But a few modern speakers use the unofficial preposition na instead of the final -n.Hebrew
In Hebrew the preposition אֶת is used for definite nouns in the accusative. Those nouns might be used with the definite article. Otherwise, the object is modified by a possessive pronominal suffix, by virtue of being a nomen regens within a genitive phrasing, or as a proper name.To continue with the Hebrew example:
On the other hand, "I see a dog" is simply
This example is obviously a specialized use of the nota accusativi, since Hebrew does not use the nota accusativi unless the noun is in the definitive.
Japanese
In Japanese, the particle を is the direct object marker and marks the recipient of an action.Korean
In Korean, the postposition 을 or 를 is the direct object marker and marks the recipient of an action. For example:을 is used when the previous syllable is closed, i.e. when it ends with a consonant.
를 is used when the previous syllable is open, i.e. when it ends with a vowel.
Toki Pona
In Toki Pona, the word e is used to mark a direct object.Other languages
Nota accusativi also exists in Armenian, Greek and other languages.In other languages, especially those with grammatical case, there is usually a separate form of the accusative case. The nota accusativi should not be confused with such case forms, as the term nota accusativi is a separate particle of the accusative case.