Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "Monday" in Russian

This Russian word is one of the top 1000 words in Russian. The complete list of most common Russian words is available here.

понедельник

Meaning: Monday

Pronunciation: [pah-nee-DYEHL'-neek]

Part of speech: noun (In Russian, days of the week are written with the small letter except when they occur in the beginning of a sentence.)

Rank: #4478

 Example sentences:
  • Сегодня понедельник.
  • It's Monday today.
  • Какие музеи работают по понедельникам?
  • What museums are open on Mondays?
  • Я уезжаю в понедельник.
  • I am leaving on Monday.
  • В Россиийских календарях неделя начинается с понедельника, а заканчивается воскресеньем.
  • In Russian calendars, a week starts with Monday and ends in Sunday.
  • Говорят, что понедельник -- день тяжёлый.
  • They say that Monday is a hard day.
  • Чёрный понедельник -- день, в который произошло самое большое падение индекса Доу-Джонса за всю историю фондового рынка.
  • Black Monday was a day when Dow Jones Industrial Average had the largest decline in stock market history.
  • Вчера был понедельник.
  • It was Monday yesterday.


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • по понедельникам = on Mondays; every Monday
  • в понедельник = on Monday
 Other forms of the word (declensions):
Case Singular Plural
Nominativeпонеде́льникпонеде́льники
Genitiveпонеде́льникапонеде́льников
Dativeпонеде́льникупонеде́льникам
Accusativeпонеде́льникпонеде́льники
Instrumentalпонеде́льникомпонеде́льниками
Prepositionalпонеде́льникепонеде́льниках
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Word recordings: Copyright(c) 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright(c) 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.



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