"Jadę autobusem z moją mamą."
Translation:I am going by bus with my mom.
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because I go = is repeated action, better translated as "Jeżdżę", while I am going is right now, better translates to "Jadę"
If you use some vehicle to go somewhere, you can say that you use it as an instrument. Instrumental is used in such a construction in Polish.
jadę samochodem/pociągiem/autobusem, lecę samolotem/helikopterem, płynę łodzią/statkiem etc.
The same in Russian. Basically most english "by something", "with something" might be said using instrumental case. Right?
So everyone that is using this vehicle must go into instrumental, not only the subject?
Moją mamą is in instrumental because it's preceded by the preposition 'z', not because she's also taking the bus.
Hmm, my mistake then. So the "vehicle riding instrumental" is applied only to the subject, right?
I don't exactly follow what you mean... being on a vehicle means that we have "autobusem" in Instrumental here, but other than that, "moją mamą" is because of "z", I don't know what is supposed to happen with the subject. "ja" isn't even put explicitly here, and if it was, it would still be in Nominative.
Well, you actually answered my question haha. It was about what goes into instrumental when riding a vehicle
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Here you can tell the different meaning conveyed with [instrumental] alone from [z + instrumental]... Because I guess that the phrase „Jadę moją mamą z autobusem” would sound utterly surreal. LOL
Why would " I am riding on the bus with my mother" be wrong? isnt that more accurate? going seems more vague, and easily replaceable with riding.
Well http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-polish/take says take here means jechać.
probably creators did not think about this translation, report.
I too challenge this one. I'm pretty sure that's not a correct English phrase