GrammarFractions and Decimals
Fractions and Decimals
Russian fractions are a "grammar sandwich": The numerator is a cardinal number, and the denominator is an ordinal number.
- - one half
- - two thirds
- - three quarters
The "Half" Family: There is пол- (half), полови́на (a half), and the very common полтора́ (one and a half). Note that полтора́ has its own unique declension!
- - half an hour
- - half of the house
- (masc/neut) - one and a half hours
- (fem) - one and a half minutes
- - with one and a half hours
- - to one and a half days
Decimals: Russians use a comma rather than a point (e.g., 1,5 instead of 1.5).
- 1,5 → - "one whole five tenths"
- 2,75 → - "two whole seventy-five hundredths"
Case Agreement: Fractions govern the Genitive Singular — the noun names the whole that the fraction is taken from.
- → Genitive Singular
- → Genitive Singular
- → Genitive Singular
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