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не́сколько

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some

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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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Не́сколько студе́нтов сего́дня отсу́тствуют. A number of students are absent today.
Дом был построен не́сколько сот лет тому назад. The house was built several hundred years ago.
До́ктор подчеркну́л, что пацие́нту оста́лось всего не́сколько дней. The doctor emphasized that the patient had only a few days.
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.
Телефо́н прозвонил не́сколько раз. The telephone rang several times.
Мы не е́ли мя́со не́сколько дней. We have eaten no meat for several days.
Сло́во име́ет не́сколько значе́ний. The word has several meanings.
Он де́ржит не́сколько мыше́й для иссле́дований. He keeps some mice for the purpose of studying.
Я покача́л не́сколько раз голово́й. I shook my head a few times.
Они прибыли в Америку не́сколько дней назад. They arrived in America a few days ago.