In Russian, if you want to ask "How many?" you say "Сколько?" (which sounds like "skol'ko"). You can use this question with numbers to ask about quantities in everyday conversations.

Numbers 1-20

Here are the Russian numbers from 1 to 20. You can use these to ask how many of something there is:

1. один (a-deen) - 1
2. два (dva) - 2
3. три (tree) - 3
4. четыре (chee-ty-re) - 4
5. пять (pyat’) - 5
6. шесть (shest’) - 6
7. семь (syem’) - 7
8. восемь (vo-syem’) - 8
9. девять (dyev-yat’) - 9
10. десять (dye-syat’) - 10
11. одиннадцать (a-deen-nad-tsat’) - 11
12. двенадцать (dve-nad-tsat’) - 12
13. тринадцать (tree-nad-tsat’) - 13
14. четырнадцать (chee-tyr-nad-tsat’) - 14
15. пятнадцать (pyat’-nad-tsat’) - 15
16. шестнадцать (shest’-nad-tsat’) - 16
17. семнадцать (syem-nad-tsat’) - 17
18. восемнадцать (vo-syem-nad-tsat’) - 18
19. девятнадцать (dyev-yat’-nad-tsat’) - 19
20. двадцать (dvad-tsat’) - 20

Forming Sentences

To ask how many of something there is, follow this pattern:

1. "Сколько" + (noun in genitive case) + ... ?

Here are some examples:

• "Сколько яблок?" (How many apples?)
• "Сколько книг?" (How many books?)

Practice

Try mixing different nouns with "Сколько?" and numbers from 1 to 20. This will help you improve your basic conversations in Russian!