ма́ло
- 1.
little, not much, few, not many
Я ма́ло отдыха́ю.
I get very little rest.
With uncountables and verbs it means "not much"; with countable plurals in the genitive, "few".
- 2.
too little, too few, not enough
Одного́ дня мне ма́ло.
One day is not enough for me.
Often as a predicate: этого мало "that is not enough".
Usage info
The words много, мало, немного, немало, сколько, несколько are used with different grammatical cases depending whether the object is countable or not: With genitive plural with countables and genitive singular with non-countables.
Examples
Typical usagePRO
Amounts and quantities
ма́ло де́нег
not much money
ма́ло вре́мени
not enough time
кому́ ма́ло (чего́)
X doesn’t have enough of Y; Y is not enough for X
сли́шком ма́ло
too little
With verbs: doing too little
ма́ло спать
sleep too little
ма́ло есть
eat little; not eat much
ма́ло говори́ть
not talk much
Pronoun-like patterns (мало кто/кому/где)
ма́ло кто
hardly anyone
ма́ло кому́
to hardly anyone
ма́ло где
hardly anywhere
Word familyма́лыйPRO
- ма́лоlittle; too little
- ма́лыйsmall
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