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Forming the Instrumental case with neuter singular nouns is quite easy: Just add м to the end of a neuter noun and that’s it! ли́цо – лицо́м окно – окно́м де́рево – де́ревом зда́ние – зда́нием со́лнце – со́лнцем жилище́ – жили́щем варе́нье – варе́ньем Practice today’s examples with the audio track. Instrumental memo chart: @stepbysteprussian #Lesson105

105 – The Instrumental case (neuter singular nouns) @stepbysteprussian #Lesson105

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In this lesson we are learning to form the Instrumental with feminine singular nouns. For feminine nouns ending in … … ь -> add ю … я -> replace я with ей (or ёй, if stressed) … а -> replace а with ой (sometimes ою), but … ж, ш, ч, щ, ц + a -> replace a with ей луна́ – луно́й / луно́ю гра́ница – грани́цей рука́ – руко́й / руко́ю неде́ля – неде́лей ста́нция – ста́нцией дверь – две́рью Practice today’s examples with the audio track. Instrumental memo chart: @stepbysteprussian #Lesson104

104 – The Instrumental case (feminine singular nouns) @stepbysteprussian #Lesson104

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Let’s learn how to form the Instrumental case. As usual, we are starting from masculine singular nouns. For masculine nouns ending in … … й -> replace with ем (or ём, if stressed) … ь -> replace with ем (or ём, if stressed) … unstressed ж, ш, ч, щ, ц -> add ем … any other case -> add ом дом – до́мом за́яц – за́йцем нож – ножом́ край – кра́ем конь – конём Practice today’s examples with the audio track. The Instrumental case memo chart: @stepbysteprussian #Lesson103

103 – The Instrumental case (masculine singular nouns) @stepbysteprussian #Lesson103

Practice today’s examples with the audio track. In the next lesson we’ll cover the masculine singular nouns in the Instrumental. @stepbysteprussian #Lesson102

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This lesson brings us back to the Russian grammar. Today we starting to get familiar with the Russian Instrumental case. The instrumental case denotes the instrument or agent by which the action is performed. It answers the questions: – by means of what/whom? – with what/whom? The Instrumental case can be used with or without any preposition. Somе prepositions are used only with the Instrumenal, for example: ме́жду – between пе́ред – in front of над – above/over Examples of the Instrumental: @stepbysteprussian #Lesson102

102 – The Instrumental case (introduction) @stepbysteprussian #Lesson102