Telling Time & Days of the Week
Schedules are where all of Chapter 2 comes together: numbers, cases and daily life in one place. This is also the chapter checkpoint — if you can plan a week in Russian, everything before it stuck.
What Time Is It?
Который час? — Сейчас два часа.
What time is it? — It's two o'clock.
Note: The counting rule strikes again: час, часа, часов.
For minutes, everyday Russian happily goes digital: 15:30 — пятнадцать тридцать.
At Two
В + the hour = at:
Встреча в семь часов.
The meeting is at seven o'clock.
Note: в два часа — at two; в семь часов — at seven.
The Week
Times of Day
Я работаю в среду утром, а вечером я свободен.
I work on Wednesday morning, and in the evening I'm free.
Note: Stack day + time of day and your whole calendar speaks Russian.
Common Mistakes
- Пять часа. Five and up take часов: пять часов.
- Сегодня pronounced as written. The г sounds like в: “se-VOD-nya”. A famous exception.
- “On Sunday” with the wrong case. В воскресенье — neuter, so it looks unchanged, but it's the same в + accusative pattern.
What You Can Do Now
You can tell the time, make appointments, and describe your entire week — which day, which hour, morning or evening. Chapter 2 complete: you can live a full ordinary day in Russian.