Translation
time
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Word origin
From Proto-Slavic vermę, from an Indo-European root meaning 'to turn', so time as something that revolves.
- Origin
- Proto-Slavic
- Root
- vermę
- English cognates
- convert, version
Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | вре́мя | времена́ |
| Genitiveof; after нет, у, без, для | вре́мени | времён |
| Dativeto, for | вре́мени | времена́м |
| Accusativethe object; after в/на for motion | вре́мя | времена́ |
| Instrumentalwith, by; after с | вре́менем | времена́ми |
| Prepositionalabout, in, on; after о, в, на | вре́мени | времена́х |
One of the ten neuter nouns in -мя, which grow an -ен- before every ending: вре́мя, вре́мени. The plural means eras or tenses, not hours.
Examples
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I have no time at all.
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What is the time?
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Nobody spoke during the lesson.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(7)Russian Accusative Case: Direct Objects and the Animate Trap
Russian Future Tense: One Word or Two, Decided by Aspect
Russian Genitive Case: Endings, Uses and у меня нет
Russian Impersonal Sentences: мне холодно, мне надо, мне нравится
Russian Negation: не, ни and the Compulsory Double Negative
Russian Noun Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter and Plurals
Russian тот, такой and который: Which, That and Such
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 11: время, теперь, думать and 11 more words.