No. 12,721 in Russian
кошками
"Кошками" means "cats" in the instrumental plural form in Russian.
In a sentence
Маша всегда интересуется кошками и читает книги о них.
Masha is always interested in cats and reads books about them.
In this sentence, 'кошками' (by cats) is used in the prepositional case to denote the subject of interest.
Они были окружены кошками на улице.
They were surrounded by cats on the street.
Here, 'кошками' (with cats) is used in the instrumental case to indicate the instrument by which the action was done.
Мы обменялись рассказами о наших кошках с друзьями.
We shared stories about our cats with friends.
In this sentence, 'кошками' (about our cats) is instrumental to denote the medium of exchange.
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