9.4 Grammar – Non-countable nouns

Consider the following items and concepts. Some of them are ‘countable’ nouns and some are ‘non-countable’ nouns. What does this mean? In English, ‘countable’ means you can add -(e)s to the noun to make it plural. You can easily quantify it, whereas ‘non-countable’ means it cannot be easily quantified. Take a look and decide whether they are countable or non-countable.

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So, these non-countable nouns are not countable, but in Russian, as in English, we can talk about there being a lot or a little of these things. Consider the following examples. What can you deduce about the grammar?

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What happens in Russian to these non-countable nouns when we use мно́го and ма́ло? They take the Genitive case. More precisely, they take the Genitive singular.

You know the Genitive case in its singular forms very well. Use the following practice sets to review the Genitive forms with мно́го and ма́ло.

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