скучать
If I want to say I miss somebody and want to use this verb, does this sentence would look like : скучать + по + дат. п.?
My friend told me that it should be скучать + за + тв. п.

Question

скучать
If I want to say I miss somebody and want to use this verb, does this sentence would look like : скучать + по + дат. п.?
My friend told me that it should be  скучать + за  + тв. п.

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скучать + по + дат. п.
скучать по другу / по родителям /скучать по дому (= to be homesick) etc

"скучать + за" is the most common e frequent mistake made by the Ukrainians (they mix Russian and Ukranian grammar cases). It is extremely illiterate and a telltale sign of one's origin. Be careful if you learn the Russian language with the help of an Ukranian tutor or language partner.

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You're right. Правильно: скучать по маме, скучать по школе, скучать по другу, скучать по вкусной еде, скучать по общению. 
за + тв.п. - a common mistake, but still a mistake.

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nayoon, there are two usages:

скучать по нему - дательный падеж.
скучать по нём - предложный падеж.

Both usages are literary standard, dative is more common today, prepositional is commonly meet in books.

скучать за ним - is a regional form.

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Скучать по другу. Скучать по лету.

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