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### The 24-Hour Clock

When reading television schedules, travel itineraries, or other official announcements, Russian uses the 24-hour clock.

To state the exact time in this formal digital format, simply read the number of the hour followed by the number of the minutes. Because Russia spans many time zones, national broadcasts often specify that they are using Moscow time (**московское время**).

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### Saying "At" a Specific Time

To state that an event starts *at* a specific time, use the preposition **в** followed directly by the hour and minute numbers.

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### Live Broadcasts and Television

When reading a media guide, you will frequently see vocabulary for television media, such as **передача** (program), **трансляция** (broadcast/transmission), and **прямой эфир** (live broadcast, literally "direct air").

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### Asking for the Time or Channel

To ask *at what time* a program begins, use the phrase **В какое время...?** The answer will respond with **В** plus the exact digital time.

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If you need to know which channel a program is on, use **На каком канале...?** Note that the noun **канал** (channel) takes the preposition **на**.

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### Talking About Your Schedule

You can also use this exact digital time format to talk about your own daily schedule and obligations, combining it with words like **нужно** (need) or **должен** (must).

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Exact digital time (часы, минуты)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Presentative (это)

Noun gender

Soft-sign nouns (-ь)

Subject pronouns (я, ты, он...)

Yes/no questions (да / нет)

Basic interrogatives (кто / что)

Basic negation (не)

Coordinating conjunctions (и / а)

Possessive pronouns (мой, твой, наш, ваш)

Demonstrative pronouns (этот, эта, это)

Adjective agreement

Which and whose (какой, чей)

First conjugation verbs, singular (-ать)

First conjugation verbs, plural (-ать)

Second conjugation verbs (-ить)

Irregular present tense verbs

Adverbs of manner (как, очень)

Locations in prepositional case (в / на)

Prepositional case modifiers (-ом, -ой)

Topics of speech (о, об)

Direct objects (-у, -ю)

Direct object pronouns (меня, тебя)

Verbs of motion (идти, ехать)

Destination (куда, в, на)

Plural nouns (-ы, -и, -а, -я)

Irregular plural nouns (друзья, дети)

Plural adjectives and pronouns (-ые, -ие)

Numbers 1 to 10 (один, два, три)

Possession with pronouns (у меня есть)

Possession with nouns (-а, -я, -ы, -и)

Genitive of negation (нет)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Quantities with mass nouns (сколько, много, мало)

Animate direct objects

The past tense of to be (был, была, было, были)

Regular past tense verbs

Time sequence expressions (вчера, завтра, раньше, потом)

Verb aspect in the past tense

Dative personal pronouns (мне, тебе, ему)

Expressing likes (нравится, нравятся)

Absence (нет)

Expressing age (год, года, лет)

Indirect objects (-у, -ю, -е)

Modal verbs (хотеть, мочь)

Reason and contrast (поэтому, но)

Double negation (ничего, никогда)

Reflexive verbs (-ся, -сь)

Polite requests and instructions (-ите, -йте)

Days of the week (в + Accusative)

Compound future tense (буду...)

Simple future tense

Accompaniment (с)

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Greetings and goodbyes (здравствуйте, привет)

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Countries and languages (русский, английский)

Meeting people (меня зовут, как дела)

Public transport (трамвай, остановка)

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Places in the city (цирк, зоопарк)

Fruit and vegetables (помидор, огурец)

Post and travel (открытка, чемодан)

Family and relatives (внук, родственник)

Jobs and professions (инженер, продавец)

Sport and games (футбол, теннис)

Describing people (умный, сильный)

Health and the body (болен, здоровье)

The months of the year (январь, февраль)

Accusative feminine and inanimate adjectives (-ую, -юю)

Accusative animate masculine adjectives (-ого, -его)

Short-form adjectives (готов, занят)

Personal obligation (должен, должна)

Professions in the instrumental case

Genitive singular adjectives and possessives

Prepositions of absence and purpose (без, для)

Dative singular adjectives and possessives

Impersonal states (мне холодно)

Impersonal obligation (надо, нужно)

Impersonal permission (можно / нельзя)

Instrumental adjectives and pronouns

Reciprocal verbs (с + Instrumental)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (свой)

Reflexive pronouns (себя)

Specific indefinite pronouns (-то)

Non-specific indefinite pronouns (-нибудь)

Negative pronouns (никто / ничто)

Numbers 11 to 20

Question	Answer
Moscow	московский
Moscow time is currently 22:00.	Сейчас московское время — 22:00.
show	шоу
channel	канал
live	прямой
air	эфир
This show is live on this channel.	Это шоу идёт на этом канале в прямом эфире.
TV series	сериал
advertisement	реклама
The new TV series begins at 21:05, and then there will be commercials.	Новый сериал начинается в 21:05, а потом будет реклама.
program (TV/radio broadcast)	передача
The live broadcast of this program begins at 19:30. This is Moscow time.	Прямой эфир этой передачи начинается в 19:30. Это московское время.
transmission	трансляция
studio	студия
The broadcast from the new studio on this channel will be at 16:40.	Трансляция из новой студии на этом канале будет в 16:40.
I need to watch this popular show and the new program.	Мне нужно посмотреть это популярное шоу и новую передачу.
This broadcast must begin at 14:15 after the commercials.	Эта трансляция должна начинаться в 14:15 после рекламы.
I must arrive home at 18:50 to watch the TV series.	Я должен прийти домой в 18:50, чтобы посмотреть сериал.
There are no commercials in the live broadcast of this show.	В прямом эфире этого шоу нет рекламы.
On which channel is this program playing?	На каком канале идёт эта передача?
The guests are already in the studio, and the broadcast begins at 20:00.	Гости уже в студии, а трансляция начинается в 20:00.
At what time does the TV series begin? At 20:40.	В какое время начинается сериал? В 20:40.