Instrument / Mediator
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
With what or through what does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
Bedeutung
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
So erkennst Du es
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
Beispiele
Wörter
knife|phone|car|email|hand
Ausdrücke
with a knife|by email|through the app
Satz
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?
Sprachansicht
In deiner Sprache
German (standard)
Ausprägung
strong
Bedeutung
Instruments are usually expressed with prepositions such as mit plus case.
Er schreibt mit einem Stift.
He writes with a pen.
In deiner Lernsprache
Japanese
Ausprägung
strong
Schwierigkeit
Instruments and means are commonly marked by で.
ナイフでパンを切った。
I cut bread with a knife.
Typische Lernhürde
Learners may confuse で as instrument marker with で as location of action.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.