instructive case
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instructive case
noun instructive cases
- noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.
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noun case used to indicate means
| Español | caso instructivo |
|---|---|
| Português | instrutivo |
| Français | instructif |
| Deutsch | Instruktiv |
| Русский | инструкти́в instruktív |
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title = {instructive case},
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