"Όχι, όχι αυτόν τον καφέ."
Translation:No, not this coffee.
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Could you explain why the nominative case could also be used here? I understand the accusative, but in what sense could the sentence be understood (for example) where nominative case would be appropriate?
If it was in reply to something where the nominative was used, e.g. as the subject of a sentence.
For example, Είναι αυτός ο καφές κρύος; Όχι, όχι αυτός ο καφές. "Is this coffee cold? No, not this coffee."
Presumably it's the object of an implied verb such as μη πάρετε "do not take" or δεν ήθελα "I did not want" or the like, so it's in the accusative.
Αυτόν is a demonstrative adjective, so in the phrase the speaker is trying to indicate that he doesn't want that particular coffee.
I think that the course should introduce the object / accusative before putting this in.
Demonstratives in English: This, That, These, Those
So, that's what amelia1868 means by "demonstratives". As for your second question, "καφές" is a noun of masculine gender, so it's better to always write "τον" instead of "το" in order to avoid getting the noun gender wrong in some cases.
And what would be the Feminine and neutral version of αυτόν and τον. And the Plural versions? Sorry to disturb
No, not this boy=Όχι, όχι αυτό το αγόρι.
No, not these boys=Όχι, όχι αυτά τα αγόρια.
No, not this banana=Όχι, όχι αυτήν την μπανάνα.
No, not these bananas=Όχι, όχι αυτές τις μπανάνες.
demostrative is demonstrating the object of conversation In english, this, that, thise, etc. as it is pointing out what the object of conversation is
That coffee = Εκείνο(ν) τον καφέ
However, in phrases like "That's great", "Who's that?" etc, where the notion of distance is absent, Greek uses "αυτό" (in the correct form, obviously).
"Καφές" is in the nominative case, that is when the noun is the subject of the sentence.
I understand that this explains the usage of αυτόν Αυτός ο άνθρωπος πίνει αυτόν τον καφέ; Όχι, όχι αυτόν τον καφές But I have also read that αυτόν is a "strong from" of accusative, what does this strong means here? what would be the weak form?
There was never a clear explanation as to why it is accusative. Also, we haven't officially even learned the accusative, so it's not great to be using it with no explanation. I kind of sort of understand cases because I studied German for several years, but many English speakers wouldn't get it at all. And it's fairly different - this would not be accusative in German.