Breakdown of Она замужем уже год.
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
год
year
уже
already
замужем
married (of a woman)
Questions & Answers about Она замужем уже год.
Why is it Она here? The lesson uses Dative pronouns like Ей with год.
In this sentence, we aren't talking about her age, which would use the Dative Ей. We are just stating a fact about her: she is married. Therefore, she is the main subject and stays in the normal Nominative case, Она.
How come there is no word for 'for' or 'one' in front of год?
In Russian, you can show how long an action has been happening just by using the time word on its own. Год directly translates to 'for a year' here. When it's exactly one year, you don't need to add a preposition or the word один (one).
I learned that уже means 'already'. Why does the translation say 'has been'?
Literally, this sentence translates to 'She is married already a year.' When talking about an ongoing situation that started in the past and is still happening, Russian simply uses the present tense plus уже (already), while English requires 'has been'.
Can I use замужем to say that a man is married?
No, замужем is only used for women. It originally comes from the words за (behind) and муж (husband). If you want to say a man is married, you have to use a completely different word: женат.
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