NuanceDeckРусский

russian word

time (general in Russian: время

nounneutlevel A1#52 by frequency

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

У нас мало времени. We have little time.

У меня нет времени на разговоры. I have no time for conversations.

В те времена жизнь была совсем другой. In those times life was completely different.

Это были трудные времена для нашей страны. Those were hard times for our country.

What does время mean in Russian?

01

time (general; the resource we have or spend)

У нас мало времени.

We have little time.

У меня нет времени на разговоры.

I have no time for conversations.

02

a period or era; the times one lives in

В те времена жизнь была совсем другой.

In those times life was completely different.

Это были трудные времена для нашей страны.

Those were hard times for our country.

Declension of время

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

singularplural
nomвремявремена
genвременивремён
datвременивременам
accвремявремена
insвременемвременами
prepвременивременах

Used in expressions

во времяduring, in the course of (something that lasts a while)
время годаseason, one of the four parts of the year (spring, summer, autumn, winter)