Instrument / Mediator
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
With what or through what does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
Význam
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
Jak to poznat
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
Příklady
Slova
knife|phone|car|email|hand
Fráze
with a knife|by email|through the app
Věta
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?
Pohled podle jazyka
Ve Vašem jazyce
Japanese
Výskyt
strong
Důležitost
Instruments and means are commonly marked by で.
ナイフでパンを切った。
I cut bread with a knife.
V jazyce, který se učíte
Vietnamese (standard)
Výskyt
strong
Obtížnost
Means or instrument is commonly marked with bằng; route/medium may use qua or bằng.
Tôi viết bằng bút.
I write by pen
Typická potíž při učení
Learners may use one English preposition pattern for many Vietnamese relation words.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.