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От/До and С/В(На) disambiguation

there is answers to most of my questions. However, the use of к is left out..

I've seen things like, "(I have a meeting/I talk) from six until eight in the morning." -> "(У меня встреча/Я говорю) с/от шести к/до восеми утра." with genitive forms of the numbers, and с and к together, or от and до together.

So what about using к?

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от... к... is simply not used in denotation of duration, only as indication of direction

он шёл от победы к победе

с... к... i can't think of a situation where they'd appear in combination

in the context of time к means close to, around, about, by

я буду к восьми - i'll come at about 8 (by 8 i will have come)

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  • Just to add one more degree of complexity, because it is a common English construction.. What about, "I talk from six until around eight in the morning." Is it: "Я говорю с шести до к восеми утра."
    – nate
    Sep 3, 2016 at 17:56
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    For Russian it's a difficult sentence to render exactly, it will look like я выступаю с шести до примерно/примерно до восьми утра, so you use adverbs meaning approximately - примерно/приблизительно, because this is essentially the function of 'about' in the English sentence. Russian doesn't combine prepositions.
    – Баян Купи-ка
    Sep 3, 2016 at 18:03
  • "K" is used as "to" but not as "until": заходите часам к двум.
    – ddbug
    Sep 3, 2016 at 21:12
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    @nate : "я говорю с шести до восьми"
    – ddbug
    Sep 3, 2016 at 21:16

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