Instrument / Mediator
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
With what or through what does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
معنا
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
نمونهها
واژهها
knife|phone|car|email|hand
عبارتها
with a knife|by email|through the app
جمله
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?
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Instruments are typically introduced with با or a similar prepositional phrase.
با قلم نوشتم.
with pen wrote-I.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Japanese
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Instruments and means are commonly marked by で.
ナイフでパンを切った。
I cut bread with a knife.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.