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Instrumental case
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In
linguistics, the '''instrumental
Grammatical case case''' indicates that a noun is the ''instrument'' or means by which the subject achieves or accomplishes an action. The noun may be either a physical object or an abstract concept.
For example, in this Latin sentence:
:''librum stylo scripsi.''
the
inflection of the noun indicates its instrumental role -- the
nominative case nominative ''stylus'' changes to the
ablative case ablative (the ablative of means) ''stylo''.
English language English, lacking an instrumental case, might use a
preposition (usually ''with'') to express the same meaning:
:''I wrote the book with a pen.''
: Remnants of this practice often come occur in English from the practice simply changing nouns into past-tense verbs; "I penned the book."
The instrumental case appears in
Old English language Old English,
Georgian language Georgian,
Sanskrit, and the
Balto-Slavic languages. An instrumental/comitative case is arguably present in
Turkish language Turkish and other
Altaic languages. Also, Uralic languages reuse the
adessive case where available, or
locative case if not, to mark the same category. For example, the
Finnish language Finnish ''kirjoitan kynällä'' does not mean "I write on a pen", but "I write using a pen", even if the adessive ''-llä'' is used. In Ob-Ugric languages, the same category may also mark agents with verbs that use an ergative alignment, like "I give you, using a pen".
Sources
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''Instrumental Case'' in Tamil language
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''The Instrumental Case'' in Russian language
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What is instrumental case?
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Prepositions Governing the Instrumental Case in Russian
External links
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Instrumental Case In Russian
Category:Grammatical cases
bg:Творителен падеж
cs:Instrumentál
de:Instrumentalis
es:Caso instrumental
eo:Instrumentalo
fr:Instrumental
hr:Instrumental
nl:Instrumentalis
ja:å…·æ ¼
pl:Narzędnik
sr:ИнÑ?трументал
fi:Instrumentaali
sv:Instrumentalis
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