Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "thousand" in Russian

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тысяча

Meaning: thousand

Pronunciation: [TIH-see-chuh]

Part of speech: number (cardinal number)

Rank: #303 (see frequency list)

I have a thousand things to do.
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Example sentences:

У меня́ ты́сяча дел!
I have a lot of things to do.
literal I have a thousand things to do.
Ты мне не одолжи́шь пять ты́сяч рублéй?
Could you lend me five thousand rubles?
literal You won't lend me five thousand rubles?
Он проéхал ты́сячу киломéтров.
He traveled one thousand kilometers.
literal He drove a thousand kilometers.
В ты́сяча девятьсóт двáдцать пя́том году́ роди́лся мой дéдушка.
My grandfather was born in 1925.
На моëм счëте в бáнке оставáлось óколо ты́сячи двухсóт éвро.
There was about 1200 € left on my bank account.
Ты́сяча извинéний! Я не хотéл вас оби́деть.
I'm really sorry! I didn't want to hurt you.
literal A thousand apologies! I didn't want to hurt you.
Ты́сячи людéй остáлись без крóва в результáте наводнéния.
Thousands of people became homeless as a result of the flood.
Ты что, э́тот компью́тер в ты́сячу раз лу́чше!
You're mistaken, this computer is much better!
literal You're mistaken, this computer is thousand times better!
На загрязнëнной территóрии живóтные ги́бли ты́сячами.
Thousands of animals were dying on the polluted area.
Речь идëт о ты́сячах карти́н.
We are talking about thousands of paintings here.
"Ты́сяча и однá ночь" - óчень интерécное произведéние.
"The Thousand and One Nights" is an interesting work.

Idioms and set expressions:

оди́н на ты́сячу = one in a thousand
он ты́сячу раз прав = he is absolutely right
literal he is one thousand times correct
ты́сячу извинéний! = a thousand apologies!
ты́сяча дел = a lot of things to do
literal a thousand things to do
ты́сяча причи́н = a lot of reasons
literal thousand reasons

Related words:

ты́сячный = thousandth
тысячелéтие = millenium
ты́сячекрáтный = thousandfold

Proverbs and sayings:

У инохóдца ты́сяча путéй, у хи́трого ты́сяча слов.
An ambler has thousand ways and a sly man, thousand words.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Form
Nominative	ты́сяча
Genitive	ты́сячи
Dative	ты́сяче
Accusative	ты́сячу
Instrumental	ты́сячью, ты́сячей
Prepositional	ты́сяче

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