No. 192 in Russian
этим
The Russian word "этим" means "this" or "that" in the instrumental case.
In a sentence
Я могу помочь вам этим.
I can help you with this.
In this sentence, 'этим' is used as an instrumental case form of the demonstrative pronoun 'этот' (this), meaning 'with this' or 'using this'.
Ты доволен этим результатом?
Are you satisfied with this result?
Here, 'этим' corresponds to 'this result' in the instrumental case, as the adjective and noun usually align in case usage in Russian.
Они занимаются этим проектом уже год.
They have been working on this project for a year already.
In this case, 'этим' functions as 'this' in the instrumental case, reflecting the relationship with the action of 'working on'.
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