Finnish Grammar - Cases - Words that require the accusative

Words that require the accusative*

Joka lauantai hän juo itsensä tokkuraan. He drinks himself into a stupor every Saturday.

Naapurini menetti miehensä kolarissa. My neighbour's husband was killed in a car crash.
Naapurini menetti maansa ja mantunsa, kun menetti miehensä kolarissa. My neighbour lost everything when her husband was killed in a car crash.
Älä edes yritä tai menetän malttini! Don't even start or I'm going to lose my temper!
Kun mummoni oli 75 vuotta vanha, hän menetti näkönsä. My nana lost her eyesight when she was 75.
Sanottuaan sen hän tajusi, että hän menetti kasvonsa. Upon saying it, he realized he had lost face.
Serkkuni puoliso menetti mielenkiintonsa kaikkeen, kun hän menetti työpaikkansa. My cousin's husband lost interest in everything when he lost his job.
Menetät terveytesi lähitulevaisuudessa, jos ryyppäät niin paljon. You're going to ruin your health in the near future if you continue to drink so much.

Ajatteletko myöntää syyllisyytesi? Are you planning on admitting your guilt? Are you thinking about pleading guilty?

Lopulta tauti nujersi hänet. The disease beat him in the end.
Wolverines nujersi 69'ersin 72-0. The Wolverines creamed the 69ers 72-0. (Read this way: Wolverines nujersi sikstinainersin seitsemänkymmentäkaksi nolla. The Wolverines and the 69ers are both teams in the Finnish (American) Football League, first division.)

Sain parhaan ystäväni nalkkiin valehtelusta. I caught my best friend in the act of lying.

Voisitko saattaa minut kotiin esityksen jälkeen? Would you mind taking me home after the performance? (NB. This could be walking someone home, driving someone home, taking a cab, etc.)

Kolarissa Martti satutti rintansa rattiin. Martti hurt his chest on the steering wheel in a car crash.

Totesin hänen olleen oikeassa. I realized that he had been right. I came to the conclusion that he was right.
Koska syöpä todettiin? When did they first diagnose your cancer?

Tunnetko minut? Do you know who I am? Do you recognize me?
Vaikka olen tuntenut hänet jo monta vuotta, välillä tuntuu siltä, etten tunne häntä lainkaan. Even though I've known him for years on end, sometimes I still feel I don't know him at all.
Nyrkkeilijä tunsi kivun poskessaan. The boxer felt pain in his cheek.

*NB. All of these that use the accusative in positive sentences, use the partitive in the negative!