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    The instrumental case in Serbian is used with prepositions like "with" and "by" to indicate an instrument or means of transportation. It is also used after certain verbs to express actions. Some key uses of the instrumental case are outlined in the document, along with examples. Practice questions are then provided to help understand forming the instrumental case of nouns to answer questions like "with whom" someone does something. Responses from different individuals are also given describing how and with whom they travel.

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    The instrumental case in Serbian is used with prepositions like "with" and "by" to indicate an instrument or means of transportation. It is also used after certain verbs to express actions. Some key uses of the instrumental case are outlined in the document, along with examples. Practice questions are then provided to help understand forming the instrumental case of nouns to answer questions like "with whom" someone does something. Responses from different individuals are also given describing how and with whom they travel.

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    The instrumental case in Serbian is used with prepositions like "with" and "by" to indicate an instrument or means of transportation. It is also used after certain verbs to express actions. Some key uses of the instrumental case are outlined in the document, along with examples. Practice questions are then provided to help understand forming the instrumental case of nouns to answer questions like "with whom" someone does something. Responses from different individuals are also given describing how and with whom they travel.

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    INSTRUMENTAL CASE

    Endings of the instrumental singular are the same for all three genders. For masculine nouns ending
    in a consonant add -om, and for neuter ending in -o, and feminine ending in -a replace the last letter
    with -om.

    The instrumental case is used to translate ‘with’ or ‘by’ denoting the instrument with which an action
    is performed: pisati olovkom ‘to write with a pen’; putovati automobilom ‘to travel by car’.
    The instrumental case is used after certain prepositions.
    S or sa ‘together with’, ‘accompanied by’: On radi sa Jovanom. ‘He works with Jovan’; Volim kafu s
    mlekom. ‘I like coffee with milk.’

    Za with the instrumental case has the meaning ‘at’; On sedi za stolom. ‘He is sitting at the table.’
    The instrument case is used after certain verbs: baviti se ‘to be engaged in, to be active in’. Jovan se
    bavi politikom. ‘Jovan is into politics.’
    It is used to express some regular, habitual action: Sredom Stiv igra tenis. ‘On Wednesdays Steve plays
    tennis.’
    It is also used to denote an ‘instrument’ of walking or moving. Idite Knez Mihailovom ulicom. ‘Take
    Knez Mihailova Street.’ On šeta gradom. ‘He is walking around the city.’

    The instrumental case answers the questions S kim ‘With whom’.

    Practice:
    1. Answer the following questions using the word in brackets in the instrumental case:

    1. S kim Stiv igra tenis? (Jovan)JOVANOM


    2. S kim Jovan putuje na more? (žena) ŽENOM
    3. S kim ideš u školu? (brat)BRATOM
    4. Kako putujete u Englesku? (avion)AVIONOM
    5. Kako ideš na posao? (automobil)AUTOMOBILOM

    2. Put the words in brackets into the correct form:

    1. Stiv voli čaj sa ........... (Mlijeko) a Jovan sa .......... (limun).MLIJEKOM, LIMUNOM


    2. Svaki dan razgovaram sa .......... (sestra) i ............(brat).SESTROM,BRATOM
    3. Danas idem u pozorište sa ........... (drugarica).DRUGARICOM
    4. Želeli smo da putujemo ......... (avion).AVIONOM
    5. Svako jutro Stiv sedi za ........... (sto) i čita novine.STOLOM
    6. Molim vas, jedan sendvič sa ........... (šunka) i .......... (sir).ŠUNKOM, SIROM

    Kako i sa kim putujes ?

    Tanja Radović (sekretarica):


    Živim na Vračaru, a radim u centru grada. Na posao idem trolejbusom. Nekada idem peške, kada je
    vreme lepo.
    Vikendom putujem u Kragujevac. Tamo žive moji roditelji i prijatelji. Putujem autobusom ili kolima.
    Nedavno sam išla na Palićko jezero. Otišla sam vozom, a vratila se autobusom. Putovala sam vozom
    ’Romantika’. To je stari voz sa lokomotivom koji ide samo subotom do nekoliko gradova u Srbiji.
    Putovanje nije brzo, ali je vrlo prijatno.
    Na Palić sam išla sa drugaricom. Spavale smo jednu noć u hotelu. Bilo je vrlo interesantno.
    OTIĆI – GO, LEFT
    Otišao , otisla past simple of the verb OTIĆI
    Milan Jovanović (student):
    Volim da putujem s društvom. Nije važno kako putujemo. Nekada idemo kolima, a nekada autobusom
    ili vozom. Često idemo na kratak put u blizini Beograda. Svi moji prijatelji vole da idu negdje u prirodu.
    Šetamo pored reke, ili kroz šumu i polja.

    Svetlana Pavlović (menadžer turističke agencije):

    Ja radim u turističkoj agenciji. Bavim se putovanjima, pa moram često da putujem. Idem u razne
    zemlje sveta. Obično putujem avionom i ostajem samo nekoliko dana. Nedavno sam bila u Turskoj.
    Vratila sam se pre pet dana. Bilo je lepo, ali kratko.

    Jovan Jovanović (pravnik):


    Volim da putujem s porodicom - s mojom decom i ženom. Putujemo po Srbiji, ali idemo i u druge
    zemlje. Obično putujemo automobilom zato što možemo da stanemo kada želimo. Putujemo bez
    plana i idemo u mala mjesta gdje nema mnogo turista.

    Stiv Bond (ekonomista):


    Često idem na poslovni put. Obično putujem sam, avionom. Kada sam slobodan, volim da putujem s
    prijateljima.
    Nedavno sam putovao brodom do Đerdapa. Put Dunavom je bio vrlo prijatan. Išao sam s kolegama iz
    firme.
    Kada sam na odmoru, obično putujem u Englesku, da vidim porodicu. Do Londona idem avionom, a
    onda putujem automobilom ili autobusom. Moji roditelji žive u mjestu koje je 180 kilometara od
    Londona. Ako idem kolima i nema gužve na putu treba mi oko dva sata do njihove kuće.

    Vocabulary:
    jezero lake
    društvo company
    priroda nature, countryside
    važno important
    šuma forest
    polje field
    kratak short
    nedavno not long ago
    zemlja country
    Svijet world
    stati to stop
    ostajati to stay
    mesto place
    razni diferent

    AVIONOM by plane
    BRODOM by boat
    TAKSIJEM by taxi
    VOZOM By train
    AUTOMOBILOM, kolima By car

    PUTOVANJE TRAVELLING (noun)


    PUTOVATI TO TRAVEL (verb)
    Ja putujem
    Ti putuješ
    On putuje
    Mi putujemo
    Vi putujete
    Oni one ona putuju

    INSTRUMENTAL CASE PLURAL

    Masculine and neuter nouns form the instrumental plural by adding - ima.
    At the end of the feminine nouns insert - ama.
    masculine/neuter
    prijatelj- Idem s prijateljima
    autobus-Putujemo autobusima.
    feminine
    prijateljica
    Idem s prijateljicama

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