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Questions & Answers about Жюри уже здесь.
What gender is жюри and how does it decline?
Жюри (jury) is a borrowed foreign word, which means it is indeclinable—its ending never changes, no matter what grammatical case it is in. Like most indeclinable borrowed nouns ending in a vowel (such as метро or кафе), it is neuter.
Why is жюри spelled with a ю after ж? Doesn't that break a spelling rule?
Yes, it breaks the famous spelling rule that says: "After ж, ш, ч, щ, always write у, never ю." Жюри is one of the rare exceptions to this rule because it is a French loanword that kept a unique spelling to match its original pronunciation. Another common exception you might see is парашют (parachute).
Where is the verb in this sentence?
In Russian, the verb "to be" is almost always skipped in the present tense. So instead of saying "The jury is already here", the sentence literally just says "Jury already here" (Жюри уже здесь).
Does the word уже (already) affect the verb aspect like the time duration expressions in this lesson?
No. While уже is an adverb of time, it points to a current state or a result rather than a duration of time. You don't need to worry about using the bare Accusative or за + Accusative here, because no action is being measured for how long it took.