Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "week" in Russian

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неделя

Meaning: week

Pronunciation: [nee-DYEH-lyah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #373 (see frequency list)

What plans have to got for this week?
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Example sentences:

Каки́е у тебя́ плáны на э́ту недéлю?
What plans have to got for this week?
На слéдующей недéле я улетáю в Пари́ж.
Next week I am flying to Paris.
Прóшлая недéля былá тяжëлой.
Last week was herd.
Чéрез две недéли они́ пожéнятся.
They will get merried in two weeks.
Мы закóнчим проéкт за недéлю, как ду́маешь?
Do you think we will finish the project in a week?
Рóвно недéлю назáд я получи́л мою́ пéрвую зарплáту.
In exactly a week's time I received my first salary.
Лéтом мои́ роди́тели éздят зá город кáждую недéлю.
In summer my parents go to the country every week.
Я хожу́ за проду́ктами два рáза в недéлю.
I go shopping twice a week.
literal I go to get products twice a week.
Сейчác в Росси́и - пасхáльная недéля.
It is the Easter week in Russia now.
У тебя́ есть свобóдное врéмя на недéле?
Do you have free time during the week?
Он недéлями не бывáл дóма.
He was not at home for weeks.
Иногдá онá не спалá нécколько недéль подря́д.
Sometimes she did not sleep for some weeks in a row.

Idioms and set expressions:

на прóшлой недéле = last week
на той недéле = last week
literal that week
на слéдующей недéле = next week
на э́той недéле = this week
на недéле = during the week
за недéлю = in a week's time
без гóду недéля = only a short time
дeнь недéли = weekday
cемь пя́тниц на недéле. = keep changing one's mind

Related words:

недéльный = weekly, weeklong
мécяц = month
год = year
день = day
понедéльник = Monday

Proverbs and sayings:

Мели́ Емéля, твоя́ недéля.
You can talk until you are blue in the face.
literal Speak, Emelia, it is your week.
День пиру́ют, а недéлю головá c похмéлья боли́т.
If you celebrate for a day, you will have a hang-over for a week.
Е́дешь на день, а хлéба бери́ на недéлю.
It is better to be farsighted.
literal If you are going for a day, you have to take bread for a week.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	неде́ля	неде́ли
Genitive	неде́ли	неде́ль
Dative	неде́ле	неде́лям
Accusative	неде́лю	неде́ли
Instrumental	неде́лей	неде́лями
Prepositional	неде́ле	неде́лях

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