10.4 – Going by transport – Instrumental ‘by means of’
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Lidi v Praze často jezdí metrem. |
Bára dnes jede do práce trolejbusem. |
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Málokdy jezdím autobusem, protože mám auto. |
Jezdíme tramvají skoro každý den. |
Take a look at these sentences above. All of them talk about How a person is getting somewhere. For this we use the instrumental in the meaning by means of. They are being combined with our verbs jezdit and jet ‘to go by vehicle’.
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Means of Transport |
Meaning |
Instrumental Form (i.e. by means of…) |
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auto |
car |
autem |
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autobus (colloquially bus) |
bus |
autobusem (colloquially busem) |
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letadlo |
plane |
letadlem |
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loď (f.) |
boat |
lodí |
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metro |
metro |
metrem |
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tramvaj (f.) |
tram |
tramvají |
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trolejbus |
trolley |
trolejbusem |
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vlak |
train |
vlakem |
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