Instrument / Mediator
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
With what or through what does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
Betydning
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
Sådan genkender du det
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
Eksempler
Ord
knife|phone|car|email|hand
Fraser
with a knife|by email|through the app
Sætning
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?
Sprogoverblik
På dit sprog
Japanese
Markering
strong
Vigtighed
Instruments and means are commonly marked by で.
ナイフでパンを切った。
I cut bread with a knife.
På det sprog, du lærer
Vietnamese (standard)
Markering
strong
Sværhedsgrad
Means or instrument is commonly marked with bằng; route/medium may use qua or bằng.
Tôi viết bằng bút.
I write by pen
Typisk læringsudfordring
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.