Times & Numbers is the twenty-fourth (assuming read left to right) skill of the Russian language tree. It teaches, through a series of eight lessons, numbers, including how to use them with nouns, along with the months of the year and other words related to time.
Grammar Notes[]
Numbers[]
Russian numbers follow an odd pattern that will need to be memorized:
| Number | Russian number | Case | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 or any number ending in 1 (except number 11) | один/одна/одно | nominative singular | один стол/одна неделя |
| 2, 3, 4 or any number ending in 2, 3, or 4 (except numbers 12, 13, and 14) | два/две, три, четыре | genitive singular | два стола/две недели |
| 5 and higher (including numbers 11-14 and 0) | пять, шесть, семь, etc. | genitive plural | шесть столов/семь недель |
I am ... years old.[]
This kind of sentence uses dative pronouns as subjects with the number of years following the table above.
Note: лет is the genitive plural of год. This is irregular.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- один/одна/одно = one, alone
- два/две = two
- уходить = to leave
- мало = few, little, small
- час = hour
- окно = window
Lesson 2[]
- три = three
- четыре = four
- время = time
- год = year
- ей = her (dative)
- ему = him, it (dative)
Lesson 3[]
- пять = five
- шесть = six
- семь = seven
- десять = ten
- тебе = you (dative)
- сколько = how much/many
- лет = years (pl. of год)
Lesson 4[]
- восемь = eight
- девять = nine
- двадцать = twenty
- тридцать = thirty
- сорок = forty
- приходить = to come, arrive, come back, is coming
- пятьдесят = fifty
- часов = hours, o'clock (genitive plural of час)
- часа = hours, o'clock (genitive singular of час)
Lesson 5[]
- январь = January
- начало = beginning
- февраль = February
- декабрь = December
- март = March
- конец = end
- месяц = month
Lesson 6[]
- был(а/о/и) = was/were [past tense of быть]
- завтра = tomorrow
- вчера = yesterday
- будет = will be
- скоро = soon
- двенадцать = twelve
- одиннадцать = eleven
Lesson 7[]
- тринадцать = thirteen
- четырнадцать = fourteen
- минутa = minute
- пятнадцать = fifteen
- шестнадцать = sixteen
- семнадцать = seventeen
- восемнадцать = eighteen
- девятнадцать = nineteen
Lesson 8[]
- апрель = April
- май = May
- ноябрь = November
- июнь = June
- июль = July
- август = August
- сентябрь = September
- октябрь = October
- отпуск = vacation
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/ru/Time-and-Numbers