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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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how much
Also: how many
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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
- Сколько ещё вре́мени до ужина? How much more time before dinner?
- Сколько он хо́чет? How many does he want?
- Сколько еще вре́мени уйдет на заполне́ние ва́нны? How much longer will it take for the tub to fill?
- Сколько сейчас вре́мени? - "Десять часо́в". What time is it now? "It's 10 o'clock."
- Он спроси́л полице́йского, сколько люде́й поги́бло в ДТП в предыду́щий день. He asked the policeman how many people had been killed in traffic accidents the previous day.
- Сколько килограммов я могу́ взять? How many kilos may I take?
- Во сколько закрыва́ется э́тот рестора́н? What time does this restaurant close?
- Она начала игра́ть в те́ннис не столько из интере́са, сколько из тщесла́вия. She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity.
- Во сколько обойдётся доста́вка морско́й по́чтой? How much will it cost by sea mail?
- Попро́буйте оцени́ть, сколько вы тра́тите на кни́ги. Try to estimate how much you spent on books.
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Michel edited stress 7 months ago
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anonymous edited usage info 11 months ago
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