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Cheatsheet: Telling the Time

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Telling the Time

PointRuleExampleEnglish
What time is it?the answer is a feminine ordinal numberКотра́ годи́на? — Дру́гаWhat time is it? — Two o'clock.
Hoursгоди́на (hour) can be left outЗара́з сьо́ма (годи́на).It's seven o'clock now.
A1Minutesthe hour, then the minutes, as on a clockЗара́з деся́та два́дцять.It's ten twenty now.
A1Timetableshours from 13 to 24Зара́з чотирна́дцята три́дцять.It's fourteen thirty now.
A1Parts of the dayра́нку / дня / ве́чора / но́чі after the hourЗара́з сьо́ма ве́чора.It's seven in the evening.
A1Politelyasking someone you do not knowСкажі́ть, будь ла́ска, котра́ годи́на?Excuse me, what time is it?
A2From … to …з and до with the genitiveМагази́н працю́є з дев’я́тої до шо́стої.The shop is open from nine to six.
B1At what time?о with the locativeЗаня́ття почина́ються о дев’я́тій.Classes start at nine.
B1Обоб before a vowelЗу́стріч об одина́дцятій.The meeting is at eleven.
Trapto ask the time, say котра́ годи́наКотра́ за́раз годи́на?What time is it now?

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