Prepositions of Time

                                   How to say Od - Do in English


1.     If you know the start and the end, you can say:


From June to September, I will be in Brno.

From when I arrived to when I left, it rained.


2.     If you only know the start, say:


Starting at 4 o ‘clock, I will be there (future)

                                   (From December 15^th.)

I will be on holiday starting in July.

I will be making a trailer for the Orli theatre starting in January.

I will be reading a book by Stan the man starting this evening.


He has/had been here since 4 o ‘clock. (past)

I have been playing the violin since I was 6.


3.     If you only know the end, say:


She will be there until/(til) midnight.

He can talk until the cows come home.


Problems with deadlines (lhůty/platnost):


Within a period of time

By a precise time/date


He has to find a new flat by the end of the month.


He will finish the report within a week.

Dasha will finish reading the book within 2 months.

The doctor gave him medicine, and he felt better within a few days.