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russian word

it is time in Russian: пора

nounfemlevel B1#273 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Уже поздно, детям пора спать. It is already late; it is time for the children to go to bed.

Пора признать, что мы ошиблись. It is time to admit that we were wrong.

Осень — моя любимая пора. Autumn is my favorite season.

В ту пору в деревне ещё не было электричества. At that time there was still no electricity in the village.

What does пора mean in Russian?

01

it is time (to do something)

Уже поздно, детям пора спать.

It is already late; it is time for the children to go to bed.

Пора признать, что мы ошиблись.

It is time to admit that we were wrong.

02

a time, season, period

Осень моя любимая пора.

Autumn is my favorite season.

В ту пору в деревне ещё не было электричества.

At that time there was still no electricity in the village.

Declension of пора

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomпорапоры
genпорыпор
datпорепорам
accпорупоры
insпорой / пороюпорами
prepпорепорах