Appendix:Accusative vs. nominative pronouns

When the proper name of the target on which the action of a verb falls in a sentence is not specified, a personal pronoun is introduced. This pronoun may or may not be declined in the accusative case, depending entirely on the verb. This distinction does not occur in English, since it does not matter if the verb has a preposition or not, the pronoun will always be in the accusative case.

When should the accusative form be used
If between the verb and the target (in this case, the personal pronoun) there is no preposition, the accusative form of the pronoun must be used.

Examples

 * Hor mit ottiro hu? is correct.
 * The verb hor does not require any preposition, so the accusative form must be used in order to indicate its target role in the sentence.
 * Gerul nos had pengersen! is incorrect.
 * The verb ger does not need a preposition to work properly, so the accusative form of nos must be used, which is nas. Thus, the correct form of saying this sentence would be Gerul nas had pengersen!
 * This sentence can be informally re-spelled as Gerul-os had pengersen!

When should the nominative form be used
If between the verb and the target there is a preposition, the nominative form of the pronoun must be used.

Examples

 * Virul ale ted is incorrect.
 * In this sentence, the verb vir has a preposition: ale. This means that the following pronoun can't be declined in accusative. The correct form of this sentence would be: Virul ale henn.
 * Delar ik vet nos ottiru hu? is correct.
 * The verb delar has already a preposition (vet), so the following pronoun is nominative. Saying Delar ik vet nas ottiru hu? would be incorrect.