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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).

не́сколько

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some

Also: a few

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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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Он верну́лся в родну́ю дере́вню, где провёл после́дние не́сколько лет жи́зни. He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.
Не́сколько люде́й поги́бло в автокатастрофе. A few people were killed in the car accident.
Поре́з пройдёт через не́сколько дней. The cut will heal up in a few days.
Боб отдал Ти́не почти все ма́рки, кото́рые собра́л, оставив себе лишь не́сколько. Bob gave Tina almost all the stamps he had collected, and kept only a few for himself.
Ми́стер Смит сде́лал для него не́сколько игру́шек. Mr Smith made him some toys.
Дом был построен не́сколько сот лет тому назад. The house was built several hundred years ago.
Сло́во име́ет не́сколько значе́ний. The word has several meanings.
Не́сколько тури́стов бы́ло травмировано в ава́рии. A number of tourists were injured in the accident.
Ры́нок капита́ла не тако́й, како́й был не́сколько лет назад. The capital market is not what it was a few years ago.
Если бы я хоте́л напуга́ть тебя, я бы рассказа́л тебе, что мне сни́лось не́сколько неде́ль назад. If I wanted to scare you, I would tell you what I dreamt about a few weeks ago.