Russian Vocabulary
How to say "time" in Russian
Meaning:
time, season, age, times, tense
Pronunciation:
[VRYEH-myah]
Part of speech: noun
Rank: #56 (see frequency list)
Wooden hourglass symbolizing time.
Photo by S Sepp, licensed under CC-SA3.0
- Ско́лько вре́мени?
- What is the time?
- literal How much time?
- Моско́вское вре́мя 7 часо́в 20 мину́т утра́.
- Moscow time is 20 minutes past 7 AM.
- Мой дру́г мно́го вре́мени прово́дит на рабо́те.
- My friend spends a lot of time at work.
- У меня́ бу́дет вре́мя на выходны́х.
- I'll have time this weekend.
- Бы́ло вре́мя когда́ лю́ди ду́мали, что земля́ пло́ская.
- There was a time when people thought that the Earth was flat.
- Утро -- лу́чшее вре́мя су́ток.
- Morning is the best time of the day.
- Мой кот спит всё вре́мя.
- My cat sleeps all the time.
- В свобо́дное вре́мя я люблю́ чита́ть.
- I like to read in my spare time.
- Ле́то -- моё люби́мое вре́мя го́да.
- Summer is my favourite season.
- literal Summer -- my favorite time of the year.
- в последнее время = lately, recently
literal in recent time - время от времени = from time to time
- одно время = at one time
- в то время как = while
literal at the time when - в настоящее время = at present, today
literal at present time - во время = during
- в своё время = in its/my/his time; in good time
- на первое время = for a start
literal for first time - в первое время = at first
- самое время = it's high time; season
literal the very time - со временем = in due course; as the time passes
literal with time - тем временем = meanwhile
literal [with] that time - раньше времени = prematurely; too soon
literal ahead of time - время года = season
literal time of the year - проводить время без дела = to waste time, not to do a day's work
literal to spend time without business - с незапамятных времен = from time beyond all memory
- убивать время = to kill time; to while away one's time
- Аппетит приходит во время еды.
- Appetite comes during a meal.
- Время дороже золота.
- Time is money.
- literal Time is more expensive than gold.
- Время -- лучший лекарь.
- Time is great healer.
- literal Time is the best doctor.
- Времена меняются.
- Times change.
- Время не щадит ничего.
- Time will crumble to dust everything.
- Время терпит.
- We can take our time.
- Всему своё время.
- All in good time.
- Всякому овощу своё время.
- Every vegetable knows its time.
- Придёт время, прорастёт и семя.
- There will come a time when the seed will sprout.
- Делу время, потехе час.
- There's a time for work and a time for play.
- literal Time for business, hour for play.
- Потерянного времени не вернешь.
- Lost time is never found again.
| Case |
Singular |
Plural |
| Nominative | вре́мя | времена́ |
| Genitive | вре́мени | времён |
| Dative | вре́мени | времена́м |
| Accusative | вре́мя | времена́ |
| Instrumental | вре́менем | времена́ми |
| Prepositional | вре́мени | времена́х |
Audio recordings: Copyright© 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright© 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.
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