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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
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a little
Also: some, somewhat, slightly
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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
- Подожди́ чуть-чуть. Я пригото́влю тебе немного. Wait a bit. I'll prepare some for you.
- Ты не возража́ешь, если мы вы́йдем немного пораньше? Do you mind our leaving a little earlier?
- До́ктор Миллер хо́чет, чтобы вы немного подожда́ли. Dr. Miller wants you to wait for a while.
- Я немного запа́здывал с платежа́ми. I was a little behind in my loan payments.
- Немного дней о́тдыха тебе не помеша́ют. A few days' rest will do you good.
- У неё бы́ло немного де́нег. She had a little money.
- Пусть твоя́ еда́ немного осты́нет; не ешь, пока горячее. Let your food cool off a bit; don't eat it while it's hot.
- Я положи́л немного сли́вок себе в ко́фе. I put some cream in my coffee.
- По нача́лу я немного стесня́лся говори́ть с нею. At first I felt a bit too shy to speak to her.
- Я немного в расте́рянности, потому что мой друг по блогу реши́л больше не вести за́писей. I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.
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ericqaz11 edited translation 5 months ago
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Remanuele edited stress 6 months ago
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anonymous edited usage info 8 months ago
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