In the sentence, 'I saw him today', the word 'him' is in the accusative.

在I saw him today一句中，him一词为宾格。

The default case in English is accusative.

在英文中预设格是宾格。

Accusative - Mein en gut en Freund, my good friend.

第四格—Mein en gut en Freund my good friend。

Most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German.

在德语中，许多及物动词左右着宾格。

The distinctions of nominative and accusative in nouns are realized by word order, with the one before the verb as the nominative and the one after it as the accusative.

名词的主格和宾格的区别表现在语序上，在动词之前的是主格，在动词之后的是宾格。