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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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some
Also: a few
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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
- Э́кстренное сообще́ние: не́сколько со́тен лет назад лю́ди говори́ли не так, как мы говори́м сейчас. Newsflash: People a couple of hundred years ago didn't speak the same as we do.
- Мы не е́ли мя́со не́сколько дней. We have eaten no meat for several days.
- На не́бе видне́лось не́сколько звёзд. There were several stars to be seen in the sky.
- В э́ти не́сколько лет один коро́ль всходи́л на престо́л за други́м. One king after another succeeded to the throne during those few years.
- Не́сколько тури́стов бы́ло травмировано в ава́рии. A number of tourists were injured in the accident.
- До́ктор подчеркну́л, что пацие́нту оста́лось всего не́сколько дней. The doctor emphasized that the patient had only a few days.
- Мой оте́ц купи́л не́сколько CD-дисков к моему́ дню рожде́ния. My father bought some CDs for my birthday.
- Не́сколько студе́нтов сего́дня отсу́тствуют. A number of students are absent today.
- Через не́сколько минут после того́, как зако́нчил рабо́ту, он лёг спать. A few minutes after he finished his work, he went to bed.
- Мы бы́ли не́сколько удивлены его стра́нным вопро́сом. We were somewhat surprised at his strange question.
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anonymous edited usage info 1 year ago
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