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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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У нас здесь есть не́сколько паке́тов. We have several bags here.
Он де́ржит не́сколько мыше́й для иссле́дований. He keeps some mice for the purpose of studying.
Он стра́нствовал по Евро́пе не́сколько ме́сяцев. He spent a few months wandering around Europe.
Могли́ бы вы подожда́ть не́сколько минут? Would you please wait for a few minutes?
Телефо́н прозвонил не́сколько раз. The telephone rang several times.
Пожалуйста, дай мне на не́сколько дней э́ту кни́гу. Please lend me this book for a few days.
Не́сколько люде́й поги́бло в автокатастрофе. A few people were killed in the car accident.
Мы бы́ли не́сколько удивлены его стра́нным вопро́сом. We were somewhat surprised at his strange question.
Ми́стер Уайт сде́лал не́сколько коммента́риев к мое́й ре́чи. Mr White made a few comments on my speech.
На не́бе видне́лось не́сколько звёзд. There were several stars to be seen in the sky.