"This woman is at home already."

Translation:Эта женщина уже дома.

November 6, 2015

22 Comments
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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CoreyHiscocks

Any particular reason "эта женщина уже в дома" doesn't work?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/olimo

It is not grammatically correct. You can say "Эта женщина уже в доме", but this would mean "This woman is already in the house".

Remember:

  • at home = дома
  • (go) home = (идти) домой

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/babbeloergosum

сбасибо! I had the same question.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tourto

I wrote "уже" after "дома" . It was refused. In english you could write both "at home already" and "already at home" . Is it not the case in Russian?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/linguist1313

Same. Any reason this dosen't work in Russian?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Dannis.K

We can say so, but I think it's wrong.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Dono.1802

I cannot say for sure whether that word order is grammatically wrong but 3 years of studying Russian in highschool and I never saw уже put at the end of a sentence. It's definitely not a usual way to use it.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/334.34zn2oQcupYW

I got dinged for that too


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TommyOl

I wrote that way on a past lesson and it was accepted


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sheepspit

Difference between дом and дома???


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/clacla215273

Дом mean house/home and Дома mean AT home


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Deniboj1

So in the correct phrase given above, 'дома' is in the genitive case and there is no preposition for it. Could you use the preposition 'у', "Эта женщина уже у дома" ?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Wadeed4

A spelling mistake should not mark this wrong


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ZigZach02

What is the difference between дом and дома? Is дома a special case?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mark369927

I tried, "эта женщина уже у дом". I don't think i conjugated дом but is my idea correct?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Dannis.K

It's not correct. You can write "эта женщина уже у домА", but it means "this woman is already near the house".


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Djordn

Ive been taking russian here for over a year but still dont know the difference between "Е" and "Э"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/medolina3

They are just pronounced differently. Roughly explained, E is pronounced as the "ye" in "yes" when it's stressed, and when it's not stressed it's pronounced closer to the sound of "i" in "pitch" and "hit" for example. Э is pronounced as "eh" or as the "e" in "egg" at all times.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tom254085

In what way other then they are 2 different letters?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Nur998259

What is difference between тоже и уже


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kundoo

They are completely different words. "Тоже" means "too" (as in "me too", not as "too much"). "Уже" means already.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Togepifan

When is the в used and when is it not? I thoight u say it when someone is at a particular place?

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