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Seasons in Russian — Time of the Year

Is your city covered in fresh snow in winter ? Do you find the pa rks at their best when

leaves change color in autumn ? What would you rather do over your summer 

vacation next year?

In this lesson, you will learn words for the seasons in Russian and what case to use

when you want to say that something is going to happen "in" a certain season of the

year. Just like in English, Russian seasons are not capitalized unless they are used in

the beginning of a sentence.

Audio Russian word English translation Pronunciation

Flash required.весна spring vees-NAH

Flash required.лето summer LYEH-tah

Flash required.осень autumn, fall OH-seen'

Flash required.зима winter zee-MAH

To ask "At what time of the year... ?" use the phrase:

В какое время года... ? [fkah-KOYEH VRYEH-myah GOH-dah]

For example, "At what time of the year were you born?"

В какое время года вы родились? [fkah-KOYEH VRYEH-myah GOH-dah vi rah-

DEE-lees']

Using the Instrumental Case with Seasons

In order to say that something is going to happen "in" a certain season, Russians

change the word for season into the instrumental case. You don't need to use any

prepositions because the instrumental endings (-ой, -ом, -ю) already convey the

meaning of "in". The table below gives a few examples:

Audio Russian word English translation Pronunciation

Flash required.весной in spring vees-NOY

Flash required.летом in summer LYEH-tahm

Flash required.осенью in autumn OH-seen'-yoo

Flash required.зимой in winter zee-MOY

Adjectives for the Seasons

Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. You will need to know R ussian

adjectives for seasons to form phrases like "winter clothing" or "summer time". The

table below shows the dictionary form of these adjectives (i.e. singular masculine

nominative form).

Audio Russian word English translation Pronunciation

Flash

required.

весенний (adj.) spring vee-SYEH-neey

Flash

required.

летний (adj.) summer LYEHT-neey

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Flash

required.

осенний (adj.) autumn ah-SYEH-neey

Flash

required.

зимний (adj.) winter ZEEM-neey

Flash

required.

зимняя

одежда

winter cloth ing ZEEM-nee-ah ah-DYEHZH-

dah

If you were to say "winter clothing" in Russian you would have to use the adjective"winter" (зимний). In addition to that, the adjective "winter" (зимний) would have to

agree with the noun "clothing" (одежда) in number, gender and case. Thus, the

phrase "winter clothing" can be translated as "зимняя одежда". Here, the singular

feminine noun "clothing" (одежда) is in the nominative case, and the corresponding

form of the adjective "winter" is зимняя.

Furthermore, if you want to say "I wear winter clothing" then the noun "clothing"

(одежда) must be changed into the accusative case, and the adjective "winter"

(зимний) must be changed into the accusative as well. The correct translation of the

sentence will be "Я ношу зимнюю одежду". See the lesson on adjectives in Russian

for more information about agreement of adjectives with nouns.

Also, listen to a podcast that teaches Russian words for yesterday, today, tomorrow in

Russian.

Audio recordings:  Copyright© 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas.

Copyright© 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC -BY 

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