Russian grammar - Telling the time |
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• To say 'It is X o'clock' just count the hours using the appropriate declension of час (hour). • To say the exact time you can simply state the hour and minutes. • To say 'X to Y o'clock' we used the particle 'без' ('without' or 'less') with the genitive ordinal of the hour. • The words четверть (quarter) and половина (half) are used for 'quarter past', 'quarter to' and 'half past'. Recall that час declines as follows (numbers ending in): час (1), часа (2,3,4) or часов (5-9, 0) |
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Сколько времени?
What is the time?
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Который час?
What time is it?
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Сейчас час дня.
Now it is one o'clock (pm).
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Сейчас два часа ночи.
Now it is two o'clock (am).
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Время три часа.
The time is three o'clock.
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Сейчас пять часов.
Now it is five o'clock.
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Время ровно десять часов.
The time is exactly ten o'clock.
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Сейчас двенадцать часов.
Now it is twelve o'clock.
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Сейчас одиннадцать часов утра.
Now it is eleven o'clock in the morning.
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Сейчас два часа дня.
Now is two o'clock in the afternoon.
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Время три тридцать.
The time is three thirty. |
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Было семь сорок пять вечера.
It was seven forty-five in the evening.
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Уже восемь двадцать?
Is it eight twenty yet? |
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Без десяти три.
It is ten to three.
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Было без двадцати три.
It was twenty to three.
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Почти без пяти семь.
It is almost five to seven.
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Без пятнадцати двенадцать.
It is fifteen to twelve.
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Без четверти двенадцать.
It is quarter to twelve.
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Уже полдень?
Is it noon yet?
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Еще не полночь.
It is not midnight yet.
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Полседьмого.
It is half past six.
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Я спросил время у моего одноклассника.
I (male) asked my classmate the time. |
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One standard way to ask the time
