Russian for English speakers School · Lesson 4

What time is it?

Russian time questions — Который час? (What time is it?) — using literary который.

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Russian for 'what time is it?'

Который час? (formal) or Сколько времени? (colloquial). Both common.

What does пора mean?

'It's time to'. Пора идти = 'time to go'. Пора + infinitive.

Russian time phrases?

Сейчас (now), скоро (soon), потом (then), уже (already), ещё (still), вчера (yesterday), сегодня (today), завтра (tomorrow).

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Russian lessons.

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