To mastering the Russian language, it is important to have a good understanding of the nominative, genitive, accusative, dative, instrumental, and prepositional cases. For now, let’s learn about the instrumental case of adjectives. The instrumental case is used to show an action or describe the profession. It’s use after prepositions like c (with), между (between), перед (in front of), за (behind), над (over), and под (under). When we use a noun in the instrumental case, we must change the adjectives as well in the instrumental case. Just like the dative case of adjectives, there is also formulas for instrumental case that is divided into hard and soft variants as you can see in the below.
The hard adjectives have suffix “-ый”, “-ой”, and “-ий”.
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[tr][th]Masculine[/th] [th]Feminine[/th] [th]Neuter[/th] [th]Plural[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]-ым[/td] [td]-ой[/td] [td]-ым[/td] [td]-ыми[/td][/tr]
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Here are further examples and it’s using in sentences :
– Первый (first) –> Первым, Первой, Первым, Первыми
– Новый (new) –> Новым, Новой, Новым, Новыми
– Печальный (sad) –> Печальным, Печальной, Печальным, Печальными
– Добрый (kind) –> Добрым, Доброй, Добрым, Добрыми
– Старый (old) –> Старым, Старой, Старым, Старыми
The soft adjectives have “-ний”.
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[tr][th]Masculine[/th] [th]Feminine[/th] [th]Neuter[/th] [th]Plural[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]-им[/td] [td]-ей (or -ею)[/td] [td]-им[/td] [td]-ими[/td][/tr]
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Below are further examples of instrumental case of adjective in Russian Language:
– Утренний (morning) à Утренним, Утренней, Утренним, Утренними
– Передний (front)à Передним, Передней, Передним, Передними
– Дальний (distant, long run) à Дальним, Дальней, Дальним, Дальними
– Последний (last) à Последним, Последней, Последним, Последними
– Синий (blue) à Синим, Синей, Синим, Синими
To make sentences using the instrumental case of adjectives, you need to remember the formulas and keep practicing. If you still find it difficult, you can try to read articles or short stories in Russian. Then, try to find out the sentences that you think is use the instrumental case of adjectives. Doing this will make you familiar with the structure of the sentence. If you also interested to learn about culture and the etiquette of Russia, you can check it out here too. Have a wonderful day!
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