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How to tell time in Russian

by Marina — Russian Online


Before telling time let's repeat some numerals

NominativeGenitive
oneодинпервого
twoдвавторого
threeтритретьего
fourчетыречетвертого
fiveпятьпятого
sixшестьшестого
sevenсемьседьмого
eightвосемьвосьмого
nineдевятьдевятого
tenдесятьдесятого
elevenодиннадцатьодиннадцатого
twelveдвенадцатьдвенадцатого



















and some words
secondcекунда
minuteминута
hourчас
quarterчетверть часа
morningутро
eveningвечер
afternoon, daytimeдень
nightночь
middayполдень
midnightполночь
24 hours of a dayсутки
















How to tell time in Russian

Exact time
one o'clockодин час
two o'clockдва часа
three o'clockтри часа
four o'clockчетыре часа
five o'clockпять часов
six o'clockшесть часов
seven o'clockсемь часов
eight o'clockвосемь часов
nine o'clockдевять часов
ten o'clockдесять часов
eleven o'clockодиннадцать часов
twelve o'clockдвенадцать часов

















Note. To tell exact time you also can add the word ровно. Here is how: два часа ровно. This word is optional.

When there remains less than half an hour till the beginning of a certain hour
ten to threeбез десяти три
quarter to threeбез четверти три or без пятнадцати три
twenty to threeбез двадцати три
half past twoполовина третьего or полтретьего






Note. Без двадцати три. Sometimes you can hear enlarged construction like без двадцати минут три. Feel free to ignore added word as минут because the most important thing here is a numeral - try to catch that and it will be enough fro understanding.

When there passed less than half an hour since the beginning of a new hour
ten past twoдесять минут третьего
quarter past twoчетверть третьего or пятнадцать минут третьего
half past twoполовина третьего or полтретьего





Note. Полтретьего: the simplest and most common form, I recommend it to remember. It is easy, short and it makes you understood any way. The construction is built from половина +  any ordinal numeral. Полпервого (half past twelve), полвторого (half past one), полпятого (half past four), etc.

How to tell time in Russian to clarify the time of a day
00:00/12AM/midnightдвенадцать часов ночи/полночь
01:00/1AMчас ночи
02:00/2AMдва часа ночи
03:00/3AMтри часа ночи
04:00/4AMчетыре часа утра
05:00/5AMпять часов утра
06:00/6AMшесть часов утра
07:00/7AMсемь часов утра
08:00/8AMвосемь часов утра
09:00/9AMдевять часов утра
10:00/10AMдесять часов утра
11:00/11AMодиннадцать часов утра
12:00/12PM/middayдвенадцать часов/полдень
13:00/1PMчас дня
14:00/2PMдва часа дня
15:00/3PMтри часа дня
16:00/4PMчетыре часа дня
17:00/5PMпять часов вечера
18:00/6PMшесть часов вечера
19:00/7PMсемь часов вечера
20:00/8PMвосемь часов вечера
21:00/9PMдевять часов вечера
22:00/10PMдесять часов вечера
23:00/11PMодиннадцать часов вечера

































Note. Три часа ночи. 3AM is as night time for some people as morning time to the other, so you can tell both ways. Usually, a person who starts his day too early, like at 3AM-5AM, is called жаворонок (morning lark or morning bird), and the person who does opposite is called сова (night owl).

Одиннадцать часов утра. Usually folks say одиннадцать часов rather than одиннадцать часов утра. Using the short phrase you better be sure that your partner understands the context. You can “Я завтракаю в одиннадцать часов” (“I have a breakfast at eleven o’clock”) as it is clear you are talking about morning. Nevertheless if your friend is out of context, you should use one of these words: утра, дня, вечера or ночи. 








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