Регистрация открывается в другом терминале через час.

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Breakdown of Регистрация открывается в другом терминале через час.

• другой: another
• через: in
• час: the hour

Questions & Answers about Регистрация открывается в другом терминале через час.

Why is открывается in the present tense if it happens in the future (“in an hour”)?

In Russian, the present tense of an imperfective verb is often used to talk about scheduled or planned future events.

So открывается literally looks like “is opening / opens”, but in context with через час (“in an hour”) it means:

• “Check‑in opens in another terminal in an hour.”
• Functionally: “Check‑in will open in another terminal in an hour.”

This is very common with things like timetables, schedules, or arrangements:

• Поезд отправляется в шесть. – The train leaves at six.
• Завтра начинается конференция. – The conference starts tomorrow.

English tends to use will or a present form (“opens”, “leaves”) too, so the logic is actually similar, just expressed a bit differently.

Why is it открывается and not откроется?