The associative case (

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) is a grammatical case which expresses associativity which is, although related, not identical to comitativity, which is expressed by using the comitative case. Associativity is a grammatical category which expresses the meaning "X and the group (of one or more members) associated with X", where X is a nominal, typically of human reference. An example: * Hungarian with plural suffix and meaning "John and associates / John and his group / John and them", * Turkish with plural suffix and meaning "Ahmet and associates / Ahmet and his group / Ahmet and them", * Japanese with plural suffix and meaning "Tanaka and associates / Tanaka and his group / Tanaka and them". Associations in English can be identified by words such as "with", or "along with". This is not to be confused with the

instrumental case In grammar, the instrumental case ( abbreviated or ) is a grammatical case used to indicate that a noun is the ''instrument'' or means by or with which the subject achieves or accomplishes an action. The noun may be either a physical object or ...

, which also can be translated into English as "with", but which expresses the notion of the means by which an action was done.

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