Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "a lot of, many" in Russian

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много

Meaning: a lot of, many

Pronunciation: [MNOH-gah]

Part of speech: adverb (See #799)

Rank: #187 (see frequency list)

Nadya has a lot of books.
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Example sentences:

В э́той ва́зе мно́го конфе́т.
There are a lot of sweets in this vase.
Э́той зимо́й вы́пало мно́го сне́га.
There's been a lot of snow this winter.
literal This winter fell a lot of snow.
Сего́дня у меня́ мно́го свобо́дного вре́мени.
Today I have a lot of free time.
Я не могу́ говори́ть сейча́с, у меня́ мно́го рабо́ты.
I can't talk now, I have a lot of work.
literal I not able to talk now, at me there's a lot of work.
С тех пор как мы гости́ли у ба́бушки прошло́ мно́го времени.
A lot of time has passed since our last visit to grandmother.
literal From those times as we were visiting at grandmother passed a lot of time.
Он лю́бит мно́го разгова́ривать.
He likes to talk a lot.
У На́ди мно́го книг.
Nadya has a lot of books.
literal At Nadya many books.
На конце́рт Лари́сы До́линой пришло о́чень мно́го фанатов.
A lot of fans came to Larisa Dolina's concert.
Ты задаёшь сли́шком мно́го вопро́сов.
You ask too many questions.
Э́тим ле́том я съе́ла о́чень мно́го клубни́ки.
I ate a lot of strawberries this summer.

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