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Is Jenny (Дженни) a name used regularly in Russia, or is it used here for the benefit of English speakers? I'm curious, since my name is Jennifer.
No, Jenny is not a Russian name. We have name Женя, which is the short version of the name Eugene. it can belong to both a boy and a girl, maybe duоlingo is trying to pass it on.
English always has you put a word like “already” after the verb, “to be.”
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Does Russian distinguish between "yet" and "still"? Could уже be translated as "still" in this example?
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Дома is already a set phrase that means "at home". I'm pretty sure that adding в would mean "in at home".
Edit: According to this дома is now considered an adverb rather than a noun, therefore it's no longer part of the normal declension system. Interesting side note: Latin domo underwent the same change from an archaic locative case to an adverb, and in German, zu Hause saw a similar process.
Можно сказать "в доме", но это будет означать в здание. "В дома" - это ошибка в любом случае.
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English also sometimes uses "home" as an adverb, so the best translation for this sentence would be, "Jenny is already home."
Using "в" would require locative/prepositional case which would be "доме". Perhaps this is what @sla46 was saying in Russian...
