Lesson 79 · Part 5

Lesson 79. The Instrumental: 'with whom? with what?'

The Instrumental (Творительный) answers the question “with whom? with what?”. It is used:

  1. Tools and instruments: Pišem olovkom. (I write with a pen).
  2. Companionship with the preposition sa: Idem sa bratom. (I go with my brother).
  3. Time: leti, zimom (in summer, in winter).
  4. Prepositions of place: pred, nad, pod, za, među (in front of, above, below, behind, among).
Sečem nožem. (Сечем ножем.)
— I cut with a knife.
Idem sa sestrom. (Идем са сестром.)
— I go with my sister.
Pred kućom. (Пред кућом.)
— In front of the house.

Lesson vocabulary

seći сећи
to cut
nož нож
knife
sa са
with (companionship)