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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).
Translation
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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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
- Я немного запа́здывал с платежа́ми. I was a little behind in my loan payments.
- Дай мне немного де́нег. Give me a little money.
- Если бы бы́ло немного тепле́е, мы могли́ бы вы́пить ча́ю в са́ду. We could have our tea in the garden, were it a little warmer.
- Мой де́душка был немного инди́йцем. My grandfather was part Indian.
- Ты мог бы присла́ть немного аспири́на? Could you send up some aspirin?
- Вы не против немного подожда́ть? Would you mind waiting a moment?
- В стака́не есть немного молока́. There is little milk in the glass.
- Немного студе́нтов, кото́рые чита́ют на латы́ни. There aren't many students who can read Latin.
- И немного хле́ба. And a little bread.
- Пожалуйста, подожди́те здесь немного. Please wait here for a while.
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Lucian edited word type 2 months ago
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ericqaz11 edited translation 1 year ago
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Remanuele edited stress 1 year ago
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