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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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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
- Телефо́н прозвонил не́сколько раз. The telephone rang several times.
- Прежде чем нырну́ть, он сде́лал не́сколько глубо́ких вдо́хов. He took some deep breaths before he dived.
- Ми́стер Уайт сде́лал не́сколько коммента́риев к мое́й ре́чи. Mr White made a few comments on my speech.
- Не могли́ бы Вы удели́ть мне ещё не́сколько минут? Could you give me a few more minutes?
- У нас здесь есть не́сколько паке́тов. We have several bags here.
- 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.
- Поре́з пройдёт через не́сколько дней. The cut will heal up in a few days.
- Я дал ему не́сколько книг. I gave him a few books.
- 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.
- В ко́мнате бы́ло не́сколько студе́нтов. There were a number of students in the room.
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Lucian edited word type 7 months ago
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Michel edited translation 1 year ago
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ericqaz11 edited translation 1 year ago
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anonymous edited usage info 2 years ago
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