No. 5 in German
mit
"With"
In a sentence
Ich gehe mit Freunden ins Kino.
I go to the cinema with friends.
In this sentence, 'mit' is used as a preposition to indicate accompaniment, meaning 'with' in English.
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift.
I write with a pencil.
Here, 'mit' functions as a preposition indicating the instrument or means by which an action is performed.
Mit der Zeit wird alles besser.
With time, everything will get better.
In this expression, 'mit' is used to indicate a relation with abstract concepts, translated as 'with' in English.
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