24. Кáтя чáсто хóдит в кинó?
25. Чтó дéлает Кáтявкÿхне? Когдá?
Conversation Notes
1. On a Russian calendar, the week begins with Monday. The seven days of
the week, which are not capitalized, are понедéльник, втóрник, средá, четвéрг,
пûтница, суббóта, воскресéнье.
To say on a given day of the week, use в plus the accusative case: в
понедельник, во вторник, в среду, в четверг, в пятнипу, в субботу, в
воскресенье. To say that something occurs regularly on a certain day, use по plus
the dative plural: по понедéльникам, по втóрникам, по средáм, по четвергáм,
по пûтницам, по суббóтам, по воскресéньям. Compare on Monday with the
first construction and on Mondays with the second. Similarly, this latter construc-
tion is used to express something regularly occurring during a specific time of day:
по утрáм (in the mornings), по днûм (in the afternoons), по вечерáм (in the
evenings),
по ночáм (during the night[s]).
2. To express A.M. and P.M., Russians use genitive expressions that pertain to
parts of the day: утрá (in the morning), дня (in the afternoon), вéчера (in the
evening), and нóчи (at night).These are used with specific clock times. If you wish
to focus on an extended part of a single day, use the instrumental expressions
ÿтром, днём, вéчером, and нóчью:
Онá игрáетвтéннис по утрáм. She plays tennis in the mornings
Онá игрáетвтéннис зáвтра ÿтром. She is playing tennis tomorrow morning.
Мы встрéтимся в 9 часóв утрá. We will meet at 9:00
A.M.
3. Note that the schedule above lists clock times according to a 24-hour clock.
Whereas English uses this mainly in military and scientific contexts, it is widespread
in Russia, turning up in any kind of schedule (TV, movies, transportation, etc.).
When read aloud, do not use the numbers higher than twelve. For 22:00, say
дéсять часóввéчера (10:00 P.M.).
4. To express from a certain time to another time, you must change the num-
bers to the genitive case.The numeral one is not used; just place the noun час into
the genitive case.
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