Russian Word of the Day
сколько
SKOL-ko • interrogative (question word) — 16th of May, 2026
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Meaning: how much / how many — used to ask about quantity, amount, or price
Examples
- Сколько это стоит?
(How much does this cost?) - Сколько у тебя времени?
(How much time do you have?) - Сколько людей придёт на встречу?
(How many people will come to the meeting?)
Synonyms
- какое количество
- какая сумма
- почём
Use сколько to ask about quantities, amounts, or prices. It can be used with countable nouns (How many...) and uncountable nouns (How much...). For asking price people often say «Сколько стоит?» or colloquially «Почём?». Typical answers are numbers plus the noun or a price (e.g. «Пять», «Пять рублей», «Два часа»).
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