Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

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Meaning: half

Pronunciation: [pah-lah-VEE-nah]

Part of speech: noun (feminine noun)

Rank: #702 (see frequency list)

• На столе́ лежи́т полови́на арбу́за.
• There is a half of a watermelon on the table.
• Сейча́с полови́на девя́того.
• It is half past eight.
•  literal  Now is the half of the 9th [hour].
• Пе́рвая полови́на игры́ зако́нчилась вничью́.
• The first half of the game ended in a draw.
• Ско́лько вре́мени? Полови́на тре́тьего.
• What time is it? It's half past two.
•  literal  How much time? Half of the third [hour].
• Ольга нашла́ свою́ втору́ю полови́ну.
• Olga found her second half.
• Я ждал тебя́ три с полови́ной часа́.
• I was waiting for you for three and a half hours.

• первая половина дня = morning
    literal  the first half of the day
• вторая половина дня = afternoon
    literal  the second half of the day

• половинка = half (diminutive)

• Доброе начало -- половина дела.
• Well begun is half done.
• Хочу -- половина могу.
• When there is will, there is a solution.
•  literal  "I want" is the half of "I can".