Meaning of Сейчас десять минут четвёртого
Hi everyone,
I am learning how to express time in russian. In a lesson, I saw this sentence, which is translated "It is ten past three".
Is it correct? I dont understand why we have четверть for "three"
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Answers · 7
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Hi Emilie, that is absolutely correct :)
Десять минут четвёртого is 15:10
Без десяти четыре is ten minutes to four (15:50)
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Большое спасибо всем. Все намного понятнее. Ваши комментарии мне очень помогли.
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Десять минут четвёртого - Literally this means that these ten minutes belong to the fourth hour. Therefore, the genitive case is used here for the word 'четвёртый'.
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It's because literally you are saying "it's 10 min OF the forth hour( Genitive Case)
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Ten past three is correct.
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