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мно́го

very often used word (#173)

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a lot of

Also: many

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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.

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Бы́ло много до́водов и за, и против законопрое́кта. There was much argument for and against the bill.
Моря́к много вре́мени прово́дит в мо́ре. A sailor is at sea much of the time.
У э́тих двух языко́в есть много о́бщего. The two languages have a lot in common.
Вы́пало много снега. Much snow has fallen.
У моего́ отца́ много книг. My father has a lot of books.
У Билла есть много друзе́й. Bill has many friends.
Во Вселенной есть много гала́ктик. There are many galaxies in the universe.
Мой дя́дя много лет жил за грани́цей. My uncle lived abroad for many years.
Э́тот кондиционе́р потребля́ет много электри́чества. This air conditioner consumes a lot of electricity.
В корзи́не бы́ло очень много гнилы́х я́блок. Quite a lot of rotten apples were in the basket.