A07
extended
Scene core
Participant roles
Instrument / Mediator
With what or through what does it happen?
intermediate
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
المعنى
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
أمثلة
كلمات
knife|phone|car|email|hand
عبارات
with a knife|by email|through the app
جملة
He cut the bread with a knife.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Actor │ uses ▼ Instrument / mediator │ makes possible ▼ Action He cut bread with a knife.
Compare shape
Same role, different shapes: with a knife (preposition) knife-CASE (case ending) by email (medium) through the app (channel) hand + cut (bare/compound) Ask: with/through what?
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Instruments are usually marked with بــ or phrases such as بواسطة and عن طريق.
كتبتُ بالقلم.
I wrote with the pen.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
English usually expresses instruments with prepositions, especially with.
She cut the bread with a knife.
with a knife = instrument
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may choose the wrong preposition or omit the instrument marker.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.