Time & Dates in Chuvash: 52 Travel Phrases with Audio

Паян мӗн кун?
Payan mĕn kun?
What day is it today?
Usage
Asks which day of the week it is. For the date, use Паян миҫемӗш числа?.
Grammar Note
The day of the week is asked as мӗн кун? "what day?", and the answer is just the day name: Паян тунтикун. "Today is Monday." No copula is needed.
Ӗнер мӗн пулчӗ?
Ĕner mĕn pulchĕ?
What happened yesterday?
Usage
Asks someone what happened on the previous day.
Grammar Note
The past of пул- "be, happen", пулчӗ, asks what took place. Ӗнер "yesterday" goes with a past-tense verb. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.
Тунтикун — Ытларикун — Юнкун — Кӗҫнерникун — Эрнекун — Шӑматкун — Вырсарникун
Tuntikun — Ytlarikun — Yunkun — Kĕçnernikun — Ernekun — Shămatkun — Vyrsarnikun
Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday – Saturday – Sunday
Usage
The seven days of the week, from Monday to Sunday.
Grammar Note
Day names are normally lower-case inside a sentence; they are capitalised here as list items. The week starts on Monday and a new one begins after Sunday.
Кӑрлач — Нарӑс — Пуш — Ака — Ҫу — Ҫӗртме
Kărlach — Narăs — Push — Aka — Çu — Çĕrtme
January – February – March – April – May – June
Usage
The names of January to June in the traditional Chuvash calendar, each matching a Russian month.
Grammar Note
A month name can take уйӑх "month" after it: Кӑрлач уйӑхӗ "January". Dates put the month in the genitive before the ordinal day: Паян кӑрлачӑн иккӗмӗшӗ. "Today is the second of January." Ҫу "May" is spelled like ҫу "butter, fat" but is a different word.
Утӑ — Ҫурла — Авӑн — Юпа — Чӳк — Раштав
Ută — Çurla — Avăn — Yupa — Chÿk — Rashtav
July – August – September – October – November – December
Usage
The names of July to December in the traditional Chuvash calendar, each matching a Russian month.
Grammar Note
Several month names are also ordinary words: утӑ "hay", чӳк the name of a festival, and Раштав also means "Christmas". Раштав therefore serves both as the month and as the holiday.
Ирхине — Кӑнтӑрла — Каҫхине — Ҫӗрле
Irkhine — Kăntărla — Kaçkhine — Çĕrle
In the morning – At midday – In the evening – At night
Usage
Words for the parts of the day, from morning to night, used to say roughly when.
Grammar Note
Adding -хине to ир "morning" or каҫ "evening" gives an adverb "in the …" (Ыран ирхине "tomorrow morning", Паян каҫхине "this evening"). ҫӗрле is the adverb from ҫӗр "night".
Эпӗ пӗр эрнерен каятӑп.
Epĕ pĕr erneren kayatăp.
I am leaving in one week
Usage
Tells your hosts or friends how long before you leave.
Grammar Note
The ablative -рен/-ран/-тан after a period of time means "after …" (икӗ эрнерен "in two weeks"). кай- is "go, leave". Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.
Ку иртнӗ ҫулта пулчӗ.
Ku irtnĕ çulta pulchĕ.
That happened last year
Usage
Explains that something took place last year.
Grammar Note
иртнӗ "past" goes before a time word: иртнӗ уйӑхра "last month", иртнӗ эрнере "last week". ҫул means both "year" and "road". Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.
Халех
Khalekh
Right now
Usage
Says that something is needed or should happen right away.
Grammar Note
халӗ "now" with the emphatic -ех gives "this very moment, at once". It can stand alone or sit before a verb.
Пӗр кун
Pĕr kun
One day
Usage
Says that a stay or a period lasts one day.
Grammar Note
A noun after a numeral stays singular (икӗ кун = two days). кун means "day" and also "daytime".
Пӗр эрне
Pĕr erne
One week
Usage
Says that a stay or a period lasts one week.
Grammar Note
эрне is the seven-day week (Эрне ҫичӗ куна пайланать. = A week is divided into seven days). It stays singular after a numeral.
Пӗр уйӑх
Pĕr uyăkh
One month
Usage
Says that a period lasts one month.
Grammar Note
уйӑх means both the calendar month and the moon (Уйӑх ҫинче сывлӑш ҫук. = There is no air on the moon). As a period it stays singular after a numeral.
Пӗр ҫулталӑк
Pĕr çultalăk
One year
Usage
Says that a period lasts one year.
Grammar Note
A span of a year is ҫулталӑк (Ҫулталӑкра вун икӗ уйӑх. = A year has twelve months). Age and calendar years use ҫул (ҫирӗм ҫулта "at twenty").
Тунтикун
Tuntikun
Monday
Usage
Monday, used when giving plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The first day of the week, after Sunday (вырсарникун). "Every Monday" can be said тунти кунсерен.
Ытларикун
Ytlarikun
Tuesday
Usage
Tuesday, used when giving plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The second day of the week, after Monday (тунтикун). It begins with ы, not у.
Юнкун
Yunkun
Wednesday
Usage
Wednesday, used when giving plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The third day of the week. It is sometimes written as two words, юн кун, but the usual spelling is one word, юнкун. юн is also a separate word meaning "blood".
Кӗҫнерникун
Kĕçnernikun
Thursday
Usage
Thursday, used when giving plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The fourth day of the week, the day before Friday (эрнекун). It is written as one word, кӗҫнерникун.
Эрнекун
Ernekun
Friday
Usage
Friday, used when giving plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The fifth day of the week, the day before Saturday (шӑматкун). It looks like эрне "week" plus кун "day", but it names Friday only.
Шӑматкун
Shămatkun
Saturday
Usage
Saturday, used for weekend plans or opening days.
Grammar Note
The sixth day of the week, the day before Sunday (вырсарникун). Keep the ӑ; do not write it as а.
Вырсарникун
Vyrsarnikun
Sunday
Usage
Sunday, used for weekend plans, opening days or church days.
Grammar Note
The seventh day of the week; a new week starts with Monday (тунтикун) right after it.
Паян
Payan
Today
Usage
Used to talk about today.
Grammar Note
It usually opens the sentence (Паян тунтикун. "Today is Monday."). "This evening" is Паян каҫхине.
Ыран
Yran
Tomorrow
Usage
Used to talk about tomorrow.
Grammar Note
Used as in Ыран мӗн кун пулать? "What day is tomorrow?" and Ыран ирхине "tomorrow morning". The word begins with ы, not у.
Ӗнер
Ĕner
Yesterday
Usage
Used to talk about yesterday.
Grammar Note
Used with a past-tense verb. A time of day can be added, as in "yesterday morning" or "yesterday evening".
Халӗ
Khalĕ
Now
Usage
Used for the present moment or situation.
Grammar Note
Used as in Халӗ миҫе сехет? "What time is it now?" and Эпӗ халӗ пушӑ. "I am free now". The emphatic "right now" is халех.
Кайран
Kayran
Later
Usage
Used to put something off until later.
Grammar Note
An adverb for "later, afterwards"; it also occurs as кайран вара "and then". This is a composed use, so native-speaker review is recommended.
Пӗр сехет
Pĕr sekhet
One hour
Usage
Says that a journey or wait takes one hour.
Grammar Note
сехет means "hour", "time of day" and "clock/watch". It stays singular after a numeral (икӗ сехет = two hours).
Икӗ сехет
Ikĕ sekhet
Two hours
Usage
Says that a journey or wait takes two hours.
Grammar Note
A span of time goes straight before the verb: Икӗ сехет кӗтрӗм "I waited two hours".
Вӑтӑр минут
Vătăr minut
Thirty minutes
Usage
Says that something takes thirty minutes.
Grammar Note
минут is a Russian loanword and stays singular after a numeral (вун минут = ten minutes). Thirty minutes can also be called ҫуршар сехет "half an hour".
Ирхине
Irkhine
In the morning
Usage
Used to say that something happens in the morning.
Grammar Note
Common in Ыран ирхине "tomorrow morning". The bare word ир can also mean "early".
Кӑнтӑрла
Kăntărla
At midday
Usage
Used for the middle of the day, around noon.
Grammar Note
кӑнтӑр means both "noon" and "south"; кӑнтӑрла is around twelve o'clock. кӑнтӑрлахи апат is "lunch".
Каҫхине
Kaçkhine
In the evening
Usage
Used for the evening and early night.
Grammar Note
Used as in Паян каҫхине мӗн тӑватӑр? "What are you doing this evening?" and Эпӗ паян каҫхине пушӑ. "I am free this evening."
Ҫӗрле
Çĕrle
At night
Usage
Used for the night hours.
Grammar Note
ҫӗр means "night" but is spelled like ҫӗр "ground, land", so context decides. "The night bus" is Ҫӗрлехи автобус.
Ҫурҫӗр
Çurçĕr
Midnight
Usage
Used for the middle of the night, around twelve o'clock.
Grammar Note
Built from ҫур "half" and ҫӗр "night", the middle of the night (Ҫурҫӗр иртсен тӑтӑмӑр. = We got up after midnight). The same spelling is also used for "north".
Кунсерен
Kunseren
Every day
Usage
Used for something done daily.
Grammar Note
-серен means "every", and эрнесерен "every week" and уйӑхсерен "every month" are built the same way. For example, Кунсерен ҫуршар сехет "half an hour every day".
Эрнесерен
Erneseren
Every week
Usage
Used for something that happens weekly.
Grammar Note
It is also used for weekly items, as in эрнесерен тухакан хаҫат "a newspaper that comes out every week".
Уйӑхсерен
Uyăkhseren
Every month
Usage
Used for something that happens monthly.
Grammar Note
Used as in уйӑхсерен тухакан хаҫат "a monthly newspaper", and also for month-by-month figures.
Ҫак эрнере
Çak ernere
This week
Usage
Used for plans or events within the current week.
Grammar Note
ҫак is the demonstrative "this". A time word takes the locative -ре/-ра to mean "in/during" (like иртнӗ уйӑхра "last month"). Composed phrase — native-speaker review recommended.
Ҫитес эрнере
Çites ernere
Next week
Usage
Used for next week's plans or departures.
Grammar Note
ҫитес means "coming" and is used as in ҫитес эрне вӗҫӗнче "at the end of next week". The time word takes the locative -ре.
Иртнӗ эрнере
Irtnĕ ernere
Last week
Usage
Used for something that happened last week.
Grammar Note
The same pattern as иртнӗ уйӑхра "last month" and иртнӗ ҫулта "last year": иртнӗ before the time word. Composed phrase — native-speaker review recommended.
Канмалли кунсем
Kanmalli kunsem
Days off (weekend)
Usage
Used for days off, including to check which days a place is closed.
Grammar Note
канмалли кун is a "day off" and also applies to public holidays. It is not a word reserved for the weekend; to be exact about Saturday and Sunday, name шӑматкун and вырсарникун.
Кӑрлач
Kărlach
January
Usage
January, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The first month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian январь. Also said кӑрлач уйӑхӗ. A date reads Паян кӑрлачӑн иккӗмӗшӗ. "Today is the second of January."
Нарӑс
Narăs
February
Usage
February, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The second month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian февраль. Also said нарӑс уйӑхӗ, and sometimes called the "little кӑрлач".
Пуш
Push
March
Usage
March, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The third month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian март. Also said пуш уйӑхӗ. The word also has the sense "empty".
Ака
Aka
April
Usage
April, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The fourth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian апрель. Also said ака уйӑхӗ. The name goes back to sowing grain.
Ҫу
Çu
May
Usage
May, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The month name matching Russian май. Adding уйӑх (ҫу уйӑхӗ) makes it easy to tell from ҫу "butter, fat".
Ҫӗртме
Çĕrtme
June
Usage
June, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The sixth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian июнь. Also said ҫӗртме уйӑхӗ.
Утӑ
Ută
July
Usage
July, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The seventh month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian июль. The name comes from the season of cutting утӑ "hay".
Ҫурла
Çurla
August
Usage
August, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The eighth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian август. The name is taken from a harvesting tool and points to the grain harvest.
Авӑн
Avăn
September
Usage
September, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The ninth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian сентябрь. The name comes from the work of threshing grain.
Юпа
Yupa
October
Usage
October, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The tenth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian октябрь. The name comes from the festival of remembering the dead held in this season (юпа уявӗ).
Чӳк
Chÿk
November
Usage
November, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The eleventh month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian ноябрь. чӳк is also the name of a festival, so чӳк уйӑхӗ makes clear that the month is meant.
Раштав
Rashtav
December
Usage
December, used for dates and bookings.
Grammar Note
The twelfth month of the Chuvash calendar, matching Russian декабрь. The name derives from Russian рождество "Christmas", and Раштав can also name the Christmas festival itself.

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