Когда моя подруга вышла замуж, мы отметили праздник дома.

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Breakdown of Когда моя подруга вышла замуж, мы отметили праздник дома.

• дома: at home
• праздник: the celebration
• мы: we

Questions & Answers about Когда моя подруга вышла замуж, мы отметили праздник дома.

What exactly does подруга mean here? Is it “friend” or “girlfriend”? How is it different from друг?

Подруга is a female friend. It tells you the person is female but says nothing by itself about romance.

• подруга = female friend
• друг = male friend (also the generic “friend” in dictionaries)

If you want to clearly say “girlfriend” (romantic partner), you usually say:

• моя девушка = my girlfriend
• мой парень = my boyfriend

So моя подруга is most naturally understood as “my (female) friend.” Context would be needed to know if it’s romantic.

How does the expression вышла замуж work? Why not just a simple verb like “married”?