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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | его посадили на полтора года, а сейчас он в Италии | he went down for eighteen months and is now in Italy |
| gen. | его посадили на полтора года, а сейчас он в Италии | he went down for eighteen months and is now in Italy |
| Makarov. | ей полтора года | she is one and a half |
| Makarov. | ей полтора года | she is eighteen months |
| gen. | каждые полтора года | sesquiennially (Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years) 'More) |
| gen. | менее чем за полтора года | in little less than a year and a half (Thomson Reuters Alex_Odeychuk) |
| product. | полтора года | a year and a half (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| gen. | полтора года | one and a half years (в некоторых контекстах удобнее использовать этот вариант). Comment: what is more than one 1+) is always plural. So, one and a half years is correct and acceptable. The phrase "one and a half year" can be made correct by hyphenating it into an adjective usable as in: She has undergone a one-and-a-half-year course in Journalism. • How do you say 1.5 years in words? If you speak it, you'd say "one and a half years", not "one and a half year". (But it could also be said as "a year and a half".) 'More) |
| gen. | полтора года назад | 18 months ago (Lyubov_Zubritskaya) |
| gen. | последние полтора года | for the past 18 months (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | происходящий один раз в полтора года | sesquiennial (Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years). An example of sesquiennial is taking a vacation every eighteen months (sesqui- means "one and a half") 'More) |
| gen. | проучиться в школе полтора года | stay at school three halves |
| gen. | раз в полтора года | sesquiennially (Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years) 'More) |
| gen. | с периодичностью один раз в полтора года | sesquiennially (Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years) 'More) |