osobami

Osobami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun osoba, meaning “a person.” It is used when referring to multiple people in contexts that require the instrumental case, often after prepositions such as z (with) and między (between). The base word osoba is feminine; its plural nominative is osoby, and the instrumental plural is osobami.

Formation and grammar notes: In Polish, feminine nouns ending in -a form the instrumental plural with the suffix -ami. Therefore, the plural instrumental of osoba is osobami. This form is employed after prepositions or in constructions that demand the instrumental case, for example after z or in phrases describing accompaniment or means.

Usage and examples:

- Rozmawialiśmy z osobami z branży technologicznej. (We talked with people from the technology industry.)

- Spotkałem się z kilkoma osobami z zagranicy. (I met several people from abroad.)

- W kontekście nauczania języka, osobami używa się głównie w funkcjach syntaktycznych wymagających instrumentalnego przypadku.

Notes: Osobami is not a separate lexical item with a distinct meaning beyond being the grammatical form of osoba. It appears primarily in written and spoken Polish when grammatical case requires the instrumental plural. For general discussion of meaning, one would refer to osoba (person) rather than to the form osobami itself.

See also: Polish grammar, Polish nouns, Polish cases, instrumental case.