#Main verb and akkusativ

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verbal ridge
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Sentence: "Ich werde meinen Urlaub sehr genießen"

Here we have two verbs 'werden' and 'genießen'.
in any usual cases, the object takes akkusativ case based on the main verb in the 2nd position. However, here i noticed the object 'Urlaub' takes akkusativ case based on the verb 'genießen', which is not the main verb.
Am i understanding this correct? Could someone please elaborate on this?

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Main verb and akkusativ

dry harbor
# verbal ridge Sentence: "Ich werde meinen Urlaub sehr genießen" Here we have two verbs 'werde...

There is a misunderstanding there: The finite/conjugated verb is in Pos. 2 in a main clause. The "main" verb is basically the one which gives meaning to the sentence. Think: He has seen the dog (Er hat den Hund gesehen) vs. I have seen the dog (Ich habe den Hund gesehen) -> The 1st verb, the one which has to be in Pos. 2 in German, is the one which gets conjugated. It's the second verb (sehen/to see, resp. seen/gesehen) which is more important for the meaning, right? ;)

bright vale
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It may also be useful to think of it this way... That if a verb connects to another verb within a clause, it can't have an object. Only the last verb in the chain can have an object.

ich -> werde (ich conjugates werden) -> genießen (werden connects to genießen) -> meinen Urlaub (genießen has an object)

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Even if you have more verbs like "Ich will Deutsch üben können".

ich -> will (ich conjugates wollen) -> können (wollen connects to können) -> üben (können connects to üben) -> Deutsch (üben has an object)