Thread: Looking for language exchange

Originally Posted by kgcole

Sounds like I may have to remember that just as I do the oddities of certain prepositions....like "у" or "в" not really corresponding literally to the English understanding. Could be as you say, none of the other cases make sense to use....lol

There are four other functions of the instrumental case along with its main function of denoting the instrument. Still none of them describes that of “поделиться мыслями”. Yet it is certainly used correctly in this example. Поделиться хлебом, радостью, идеями, соображениями, мнениями, знаниями. That’s for sure.

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Can you explain or rephrase your expression "to do the oddities", please? To except the oddities?

Originally Posted by Helenej

Can you explain or rephrase your expression "to do the oddities", please? To except the oddities?

What I was referring to was the fact that for a native speaker of English, the use of "у" can be disconcerting. For instance in English we say "I have...", and in Russian you say "at me is...". It's odd for us to learn, but we have to just memorize it and understand how it is used when speaking Russian. It may be the same with the instrumental case here...it seems odd, but it's just the way it is, and has to be accepted that way.