barátommal

Barátommal is a Hungarian grammatical form that expresses accompaniment with the speaker’s friend. It is the instrumental case of barátom, where barátom means “my friend.” In Hungarian, the instrumental suffix -val/-vel is added to a noun to indicate “with,” and after the possessive noun barátom the suffix becomes -mal, yielding barátommal.

Morphology and construction: the base is barátom (my friend). To form the instrumental, the suffix -mal is appended, producing barátommal. When referring to multiple friends, the corresponding form is barátaimmal (with my friends). The construction can also combine with verbs of movement or action to show accompaniment, as in sentences describing doing something together with one’s friend.

Usage: barátommal is used to indicate that the speaker is accompanied by their friend. Examples include A barátommal megyek a moziba (I am going to the cinema with my friend) and Barátaimmal sétálunk a parkban (We are walking in the park with my friends). The form emphasizes the companion rather than the instrument or tool of an action.

Notes: barátommal is one of several instrumental forms in Hungarian that express accompaniment with a person. It is distinct from other instrumental or adverbial constructions and is chosen when the emphasis is on the person accompanying the speaker. The word barát itself is gender-neutral in meaning, referring to a friend regardless of gender, with barátommal specifically tying that friend to the speaker in the instrumental sense.