Instrument / Mediator
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
With what or through what does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
Significato
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
Come riconoscerlo
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
Esempi
Parole
knife|phone|car|email|hand
Frasi brevi
with a knife|by email|through the app
Frase
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?
Panoramica per lingua
Nella tua lingua
Italian (standard)
Presenza
strong
Importanza
Instruments are usually expressed with con or a fixed prepositional phrase.
Taglia il pane con un coltello.
He cuts the bread with a knife.
Nella lingua che studi
Japanese
Presenza
strong
Difficoltà
Instruments and means are commonly marked by で.
ナイフでパンを切った。
I cut bread with a knife.
Difficoltà tipica di chi impara
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.