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не́сколько

very often used word (#129)

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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.

Examples

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Она задала́ не́сколько вопро́сов о нас. She asked several question of us.
Учи́тель задал мне не́сколько вопро́сов. Some questions were asked me by the teacher.
У меня есть не́сколько книг на англи́йском. I have some English books.
Мы бы́ли не́сколько удивлены его стра́нным вопро́сом. We were somewhat surprised at his strange question.
Я не хочу́ меня́ть свои́ взгля́ды, даже если они не́сколько экстремальны. I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
На не́бе видне́лось не́сколько звёзд. There were several stars to be seen in the sky.
Мой оте́ц купи́л не́сколько CD-дисков к моему́ дню рожде́ния. My father bought some CDs for my birthday.
Дом был построен не́сколько сот лет тому назад. The house was built several hundred years ago.
Он де́ржит не́сколько мыше́й для иссле́дований. He keeps some mice for the purpose of studying.
Не могли́ бы Вы удели́ть мне ещё не́сколько минут? Could you give me a few more minutes?