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    Past and Instrumental

    I was wondering if when you were using был(а) you would always use the instrumental case because I learned that you would use it when you were discussing a past profession, but I've seen times where it hasn't been used and has been used in various contexts. Could someone please help me out with this? Спасибо Большое

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    Re: Past and Instrumental

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    Could you please occasionally correct my stupid errors!
    Korrigiert bitte ab und zu meine dummen Fehler!

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    The same rule is valid also for a future profession, isn't it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by samurai
    The same rule is valid also for a future profession, isn't it?
    For a future works only instrumental case imho.
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