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Objective

The case form used with certain pronouns to mark a non-subject.

In English, only the following pronouns distinguish a nominative form (the subject form) from the objective form: I (nominative)/ me (objective); he/him; she/her, they/them; we/us and who/whom.

Other pronouns, like you, it and what, are invariable in form. The objective is sometimes called the accusative.