Questions & Answers about Я говорил с миссис Браун вчера.
Why don't the words миссис and Браун change their endings after с (with)? Shouldn't they be in the instrumental case?
They are technically in the instrumental case here, but foreign titles like миссис and foreign surnames ending in a consonant like Браун do not change their endings when they refer to a woman. If the sentence was about a man, his surname would decline: с мистером Брауном.
Why is the imperfective verb говорил used here instead of the perfective поговорил?
The imperfective is often used in the past tense simply to state the fact that an action took place. The speaker is just confirming that the conversation happened, without emphasizing the result or the completion of the chat.
Could I use сказал instead of говорил here?
No. The verb сказать means to say or to tell a specific piece of information. Because this sentence is about having a conversation with someone (с миссис Браун), you need говорить, which means to speak or talk.
Would it be wrong to put вчера at the beginning of the sentence?
Not at all! Russian word order is flexible. Putting вчера at the beginning sets the time context first and is very natural. Leaving it at the end, as it is here, often puts a slight emphasis on when the conversation happened.
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