Nooro / Нуро Zareen Khanadded a comment 2 years ago
Мой друг курит уже десять лет, так что ему/ ей нелегко бросить курить
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Майя Ронзинаasked for translation 2 years ago
How to translate? (en-ru)
My friend has smoked for ten years, so it's not easy for them to give it up.
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My friend’s been smoking/been a smoker for ten years, so it's not easy for him/her to give it up.
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If they’re your friend, you know if they’re a man or a woman, so you would use the appropriate pronoun. We only use “they“ when we don’t know the gender. 
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