Моя подруга недавно вышла замуж за музыканта.

My (female) friend recently got married to a musician.

Breakdown of Моя подруга недавно вышла замуж за музыканта.

• мой: my
• подруга: the friend
• музыкант: the musician
• недавно: recently

Questions & Answers about Моя подруга недавно вышла замуж за музыканта.

Why do we say вышла замуж? It looks like “went out for a husband” instead of just “married”.

Выйти замуж is a fixed idiomatic expression in Russian meaning “(a woman) gets married”.

• Выйти = to go out / to exit (perfective of выходить)
• Замуж historically comes from за муж = behind/for a husband

Historically the idea was “a woman goes out behind a husband,” i.e., leaves her family to live with her husband. Over time, it fused into the set phrase выйти замуж, and now people don’t feel the literal meaning; they just understand it as “to get married” (for a woman).

Important points:

• It’s only used about women.
• It is always used with за + accusative to show whom she married:
  выйти замуж за кого? – за музыканта, за инженера, за Ивана.

What is the difference between выйти замуж, жениться, and пожениться?

These are three related but different verbs:

1. Выйти замуж (за кого?)

   • Used only about a woman.
   • Focus on the woman’s perspective.
   • Example: Моя подруга вышла замуж за музыканта.

2. Жениться (на ком?)

   • Used about a man.
   • Focus on the man’s perspective.
   • Example: – “My (male) friend married a (female) musician.”