Russian · Chapter 5 · Lesson 2 · Phrase session
What time is it?
Clock times, dates and days of the week, including the Russian habit of counting towards the next hour.
Why these go together
Russian tells the time by the hour that is coming, so a quarter to six is six without a quarter. Learn these as set phrases and the logic follows.
Извините, который час?
Excuse me, what time is it?
Сейчас без пяти три.
It's five to three.
Сейчас без четверти шесть.
It's a quarter to six.
Во сколько начинается фильм?
What time does the film start?
Фильм начинается в девять часов вечера.
The film starts at nine in the evening.
Какое сегодня число?
What's the date today?
Сегодня двадцать первое сентября.
Today is the twenty-first of September.
По понедельникам у меня футбол.
I've got football on Mondays.
В понедельник утром я встаю рано.
On Monday morning I'm getting up early.
Каждый понедельник я играю в теннис.
I play tennis every Monday.
Matching
0/10Match each phrase to what it means.
Fill in the blank
0/10Put the missing word back.
Извините, который ? (Excuse me, what time is it?)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Сейчас без три. (It's five to three.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Сейчас без шесть. (It's a quarter to six.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Во сколько фильм? (What time does the film start?)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Фильм начинается в девять часов . (The film starts at nine in the evening.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Какое сегодня ? (What's the date today?)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Сегодня двадцать первое . (Today is the twenty-first of September.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
По у меня футбол. (I've got football on Mondays.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
В понедельник утром я встаю . (On Monday morning I'm getting up early.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Каждый понедельник я играю в . (I play tennis every Monday.)
Type Latin letters or Cyrillic - spasibo works too
Lesson 2 of 18 in this chapter