Instruktoriga

Instruktoriga is an Estonian grammatical form meaning “with an instructor.” It represents a comitative construction used to indicate accompaniment by an instructor in activities such as education, training, or guided tasks. The form is created by adding the comitative suffix -ga to the genitive singular stem of the noun instruktor; thus instruktor-i (genitive singular) plus -ga yields instruktoriga. The noun instruktor is a loanword in Estonian, referring to a person who provides instruction or coaching.

In usage, instruktoriga commonly follows verbs or nouns that describe an activity, to express that the action is performed together with an instructor. Examples include: Me õppisime instruktoriga (We studied with the instructor). Treening toimus instruktoriga (The training took place with the instructor). Matk algas instruktoriga (The hike began with the instructor). The construction can often be used interchangeably with the prepositional phrase koos instruktoriga, though instruktoriga as a single word is more concise and stylistically common in written Estonian.

Notes on grammar and nuance: the comitative -ga marks accompaniment rather than ownership or possession, and instruktoriga specifically designates the instructor as the accompanying party. The form is productive with other suitable nouns to express “with X” in a similar manner.

See also: comitative case in Estonian, instruktor, Estonian loanwords.