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Learn to express half-hour times using **половина** (half) and discuss your university schedule.

### Expressing "Half Past"

To say "half past" an hour in Russian, look ahead to the *upcoming* hour. You literally say "half of the [next] hour."

Use the noun **половина** followed by the Genitive case of the ordinal number for the next hour. For example, 1:30 is halfway to 2:00, so you say "half of the second": **половина второго**.

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### Saying "At" Half Past

To say an event happens *at* a certain half-hour, use the preposition **в**. The word **половина** changes to the Prepositional case (**в половине**), while the ordinal number stays Genitive.

For example, "at 2:30" becomes **в половине третьего** (at half of the third).

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### University Classes and "Skipping"

When talking about your schedule, you will use academic subjects like **математика**, **физика**, **биология**, and **литература**.

To say you are missing or skipping a class, use the verbs **пропускать** (imperfective) or **пропустить** (perfective). Because the class is the direct object of the verb, it takes the Accusative case. Feminine subjects ending in **-а** change to **-у**, and those ending in **-я** change to **-ю**.

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Inanimate masculine nouns like **семинар** (seminar) or **доклад** (report/presentation) do not change their form in the Accusative:

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Telling time: Half hours (половина)

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)

Multidirectional verbs of motion (ходить, ездить)

Greetings and goodbyes (здравствуйте, привет)

Thank you and sorry (спасибо, извините)

Countries and languages (русский, английский)

Meeting people (меня зовут, как дела)

Public transport (трамвай, остановка)

Left, right and the compass (слева, справа)

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
half	половина
mathematics	математика
It's half past one now, and math is starting.	Сейчас половина второго, и начинается математика.
physics	физика
Physics ends at half past two.	Физика кончается в половине третьего.
seminar	семинар
Our seminar was at half past four.	Наш семинар был в половине пятого.
to miss	пропускать
biology	биология
I never skip biology.	Я никогда не пропускаю биологию.
to miss (perfective)	пропустить
literature	литература
You need to skip literature today.	Сегодня тебе нужно пропустить литературу.
report (presentation, lecture)	доклад
The student read the report at half past six.	Студент прочитал доклад в половине седьмого.
geography	география
Geography begins at half past eight.	География начинается в половине девятого.
Why do you often skip the seminar?	Почему ты часто пропускаешь семинар?
You must not skip the report on Wednesday.	В среду нельзя пропустить доклад.
He wants to study math and physics.	Он хочет изучать математику и физику.
We love biology and literature.	Мы любим биологию и литературу.
Where is the geography instructor?	Где преподаватель географии?