Translation
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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1.
some
Also: a few
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Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
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
- Сло́во име́ет не́сколько значе́ний. The word has several meanings.
- В кла́ссной ко́мнате остава́лось не́сколько ученико́в. There were few students left in the classroom.
- 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.
- Я хоте́л сде́лать не́сколько звонко́в. I wanted to make some telephone calls.
- Она задала́ не́сколько вопро́сов о нас. She asked several question of us.
- Он де́ржит не́сколько мыше́й для иссле́дований. He keeps some mice for the purpose of studying.
- Ры́нок капита́ла не тако́й, како́й был не́сколько лет назад. The capital market is not what it was a few years ago.
- У меня есть не́сколько книг на англи́йском. I have some English books.
- Мой оте́ц купи́л не́сколько CD-дисков к моему́ дню рожде́ния. My father bought some CDs for my birthday.
- 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.
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