What is the right way to say?
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У Сергея была машина.
У меня были эти документы.
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VERB <= NOUN №1
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When we need to decide about the form of a verb, we have to check the noun in Nominative case (form №1) regardless its meaning.
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Thus, in the first sentence the noun №1 is “машина”, она (feminine). Therefore we use the verb in feminine: “была”, even though the Subject is masculine (Сергей).
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In the second sentence the noun №1 is “документы”, они (plural). Therefore we use the verb in plural: “были”, even though the Subject is singular (я).
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