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немно́го

  • 1.

    a little, some, somewhat, slightly

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.

Typical usagePRO

  • Quantities (with Genitive)

    • немно́го + Р. п.

      a little (of); some

    • немно́го воды́

      a little water

    • немно́го де́нег

      some money; a bit of money

    • немно́го люде́й

      a few people; not many people

  • With verbs (short action/time)

    • немно́го отдохну́ть

      to rest a bit

    • немно́го подожда́ть

      to wait a little

    • немно́го поспа́ть

      to sleep a bit

    • Подожди́те немно́го

      Wait a moment, please

  • Degree with adjectives/adverbs

    • немно́го + сравни́т. сте́пень

      a bit + comparative (slightly X‑er)

    • немно́го + прила́г./наре́ч.

      slightly; a little (before adj/adv)

    • немно́го лу́чше

      a bit better

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  • Дёвьсынъ edited related words 4 years ago.
  • Lucian edited word type 6 years ago.
  • ericqaz11 edited translation 7 years ago.
  • Remanuele edited stress 7 years ago.