Colloquial Russian

(Steven Felgate) #1

Unit 15: The theatre 211


1 How long do the three plays last in total?
2 What is the full title of RAMT? What age group does it cater to?
3 How many years of history does the action of the play cover?
4 How many actors are taking part?
5 How many different roles are there?

Telling the time (Audio 2.28)


Кото�pый час/Ско�лько ‘What time is it?’
вре�мени?
час ‘one o’clock’
два/три/четы�ре часа� ‘one/two/three o’clock’
пять/шесть часо�в ‘five/six o’clock’
В кото�ром часу�? ‘At what time?’
в час ‘at one o’clock’
в два/три/четы�pe часа ‘at two/three/four o’clock’
в пять/шесть часо�в ‘at five/six o’clock’
полови�нa втоpо�го ‘half past one’ (a half of the second)
полови�на тре�тьего ‘half past two’ (a half of the third)
в полови�не четвёртого ‘at half past three’


Sometimes полови�на is abbreviated to пол:


полпя�того ‘half past four’
че�тверть шecто�го ‘a quarter past five’ (a quarter of
the sixth)
в че�тверть седьмо�го ‘at a quarter past six’
без че�твертн семь ‘a quarter to seven’ (without a
quarter seven)
(The same phrase also means
‘at a quarter to seven’. )


Other examples:


два�дцать мину�т восьмо�го ‘twenty past seven’
без пяти� де�вять ‘five to nine/at five to nine’
без двaдцати� пяти� де�сять ‘twenty five to ten/at twenty five
to ten’

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