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Instructive case

In the Finnish language, the Instructive case has the basic meaning of "by means of". It is a comparatively rarely used case, though it is found in some commonly used expressions, such as "omin silmin" -> "with my own eyes".

It is also used with Finnish verbal second infinitives to mean "by ...ing", for example "lent�en" -> "by flying", "by air".



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