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[xswt-cherryx.livejournal.com]

hello!

alright... I have some questions.

1. Кто Здуард по профессии? Does this question ask ' what profession does edward do? '


also I want to say 'now the attic is under renovations therefore the cat has no home.'
Is this correct? : сейчас чердак ремонируют и так у кота нет дома

спосибо!!

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[kumir-millionof.livejournal.com]

Сейчас чердак ремонтируют, и поэтому у кота нет дома. (и поэтому кот стал бездомным)

[seraph6.livejournal.com]

сейчас чердак ремонируют и так поэтому у кота нет дома

[olga-mukhortova.livejournal.com]

сейчас чердак ремонтируют, поэтому коту негде жить

[therox.livejournal.com]

1) Yes, it does.
2) "Сейчас чердак ремонтируется, поэтому у кота нет дома" or "... поэтому кот остался без дома"

[oryx_and_crake]

It's Эдуард, not Здуард (these are two completely different letters, one of them a consonant, and another a vowel, representing completely different sounds)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It's also спасибо, not спосибо, just to be completely nitpicky :)

[oryx_and_crake]

No, I guess you cannot. You can say it like that about something you actually take down to the repair shop (e.g. a car, a TV set or a pair of shoes).

[lyovchik.livejournal.com]

You could say "Чердак на ремонте".
"Магазин закрыт на ремонт" == "Магазин на ремонте".
Though, it isn't commonly used.

[jim-24601.livejournal.com]

This is another "figurative" use of по, right? So literally по means "along" (машины идут по дороге) but it can also mean "in the way of/in the sense of", as in по-другому "in another way", по-русски "in Russian" ... кто Эдуард по-профессии? would literally be "who is Edward, in the job sense?" i.e. what's his job?

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

Not quite. "По" here is not the same as in "по-другому" or "по-русски". It doesn't mean "in the way of" here; rather it's "according to". It is also not hyphenated in this usage, so "по-профессии" is wrong ("по профессии" is correct). Other examples of this usage:

Кто́ вы по убежде́ниям? = What are your beliefs? (Literally, "Who are you according to your beliefs?")
По национа́льности я ру́сский. = My nationality (i.e., ethnic background) is Russian.
По прогно́зу сино́птиков сего́дня бу́дет дождь. = According to the weather forecast it's going to rain today.

[jim-24601.livejournal.com]

Actually this is getting a bit off-topic. New post here (http://community.livejournal.com/learn_russian/827449.html).

[icamel.livejournal.com]

I suppose you were trying to say "сейчас чердак ремонтируют, так что у кота нет дома"

[whitest-owl.livejournal.com]

I would say that the most close translation of "Кто Эдуард по профессии" would be "What is the Edward's profession?"