{"id":1945,"date":"2011-04-12T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:43:05","slug":"using-the-instrumental-case-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/using-the-instrumental-case-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Instrumental Case, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u00ab\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Dear readers], as we say in Russian: <strong>\u00ab\u0421\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043b\u0435\u0442, \u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0438\u043c!\u00bb<\/strong> [Long time, no see <em>(literally it means \u201cHow many summers, how many winters\u201d)<\/em>]. <strong>\u00ab\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [Forgive me] for having such a long hiatus between posts&#8211;I\u2019m sure you\u2019re just <strong>dying<\/strong> to learn more about the instrumental case, right? This post is a continuation of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/using-the-instrumental-case-part-1\/\u201d\">Using the Instrumental Case, Part 1<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u0422\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u00bb<\/strong> [The instrumental case] is used with the following verbs. The list is by no means exhaustive&#8211;if you think of a verb I\u2019ve missed, please let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\/\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to become] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u042f \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [I will become a professor.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to study] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u042f \u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u044e\u0441\u044c \u0438\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0435\u0439.\u00bb<\/strong> [I study history.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\/\u0437\u0430\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [to interest] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0437\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0439.\u00bb<\/strong> [He is interested in music.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to work as] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [He works as a journalist.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0431\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to be sick\/ill] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d\u0430 \u0431\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043f\u043f\u043e\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [She had the flu.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0449<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\/\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u043a\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to say goodbye to someone] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0441 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u041e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0433\u043e\u0439.\u00bb<\/strong> [Mikhail said goodbye to Olga.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u043f\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0441 \u043a\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to talk with someone] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041c\u044b \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0441 \u043d\u0438\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [We talked with him.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441 \u0447\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to congratulate someone on something] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u042f \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u044e \u0442\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> \u0441 \u041d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u043c \u0433<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [Happy New Year.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0447\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to work on something] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0440\u0430\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0441\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong> [He is working on the composition.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00ab\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0447\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to think about something] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0434 \u0447\u0435\u043c \u0442\u044b \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c?\u00bb<\/strong> [What are you thinking about?]<\/li>\n<li>a verb of motion + <strong>\u00ab\u0437\u0430 \u043a\u0435\u043c\/\u0447\u0435\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [to pick up or fetch someone\/something] &#8212; <strong>\u00ab\u041c\u044b \u043f\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0430\u044d\u0440\u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0442 \u0437\u0430 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0410<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439.\u00bb<\/strong> [We went to the airport to pick up Anna.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><strong>\u00ab\u0412<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0435 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0435\u00bb<\/strong><\/span> <strong>\u00ab\u0425\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c\u0442\u0435, \u0445\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [Believe it or not], there is still more remaining that I have to say about the instrumental case, which is why there will be a third part in this series later this week&#8211;I haven\u2019t decided yet what day I will post it. Also, since it has been a year since <strong>\u00ab\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0444\u0430 \u0432 \u0421\u043c\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [the plane crash in Smolensk], I am planning to write about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/04\/Kharkov_Freedom_Square-350x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/04\/Kharkov_Freedom_Square-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/04\/Kharkov_Freedom_Square-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/04\/Kharkov_Freedom_Square.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u00ab\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438\u00bb [Dear readers], as we say in Russian: \u00ab\u0421\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043b\u0435\u0442, \u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0437\u0438\u043c!\u00bb [Long time, no see (literally it means \u201cHow many summers, how many winters\u201d)]. \u00ab\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u00bb [Forgive me] for having such a long hiatus between posts&#8211;I\u2019m sure you\u2019re just dying to learn more about the instrumental case, right? 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