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Chapitre 14
Time Expressions
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exemples
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Ce que tu vas apprendre
Telling time and talking about days of the week. Using temporal markers in sentences.
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Dire l'heure en russe : La logique de 'l'heure suivante'Russian time looks forward: 1:10 is 'ten of the second hour,' focusing on the hour currently in progress.
Exemples clés (2)
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Сейчас пять минут десятого.
It is 9:05 now.
Dire l'heure en russe : La logique de 'l'heure suivante'
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Встретимся в половину восьмого?
Shall we meet at 7:30?
Dire l'heure en russe : La logique de 'l'heure suivante'Conseils et astuces (1)
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The 'Next Hour' Rule
Always look at the hour that is *coming up* when you are between 1 and 30 minutes. 8:15 is 15 minutes of the *9th* hour.
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Règles dans ce chapitre (1)
Pratique rapide (3)
How do you say 2:30 in casual Russian?
Choose the correct phrase for 2:30:
✓ Correct!
✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Половина третьего
2:30 is 'half of the third hour' because you have completed 2 hours and are halfway through the 3rd.
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Fill in the correct form of the hour (1:10).
Сейчас десять минут ____ (второй).
✓ Correct!
✗ Not quite. Correct answer: второго
Minutes 1-30 require the next hour in the Genitive Ordinal form.
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Fix the mistake in this sentence for 4:55.
Find and fix the mistake:
Без пять пять.
✓ Correct!
✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Без пяти пять.
After 'без', the number of minutes must be in the Genitive case (пять -> пяти).
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Questions fréquentes (2)
The Genitive case shows that the minutes belong to the hour that is currently passing. For example, 'десять минут второго' literally means 'ten minutes of the second hour.'
Yes, you can! It is called the digital format. It's common in modern speech and texting, though the analog way is more 'native' sounding.
