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8 Egoí´mq izveśtno (mno´go). 9 U (nemno´go) studeńtov est; takié vozmo´'nosti.

Helove´k after numerals

After neśkol;ko, skoĺ;ko and stoĺ;ko use helove´k as the genitive plural of helove´k and after maĺo, mno´go, nemaĺo, nemno´go use l[de´j. Helove´k is also used after numerals where there is no

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adjective, l[de´j is more common where there is an adjective: deśqt; 2

helove´k ‘ten people’; deśqt; xoro´wix l[de´j ‘ten good people’.

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Exercise 7

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Decide when to use helove´k or l[de´j.

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1 Naseleńie Rossií 140 mln . . . 2 Mno´go . . . pogi´blo vo vre´mq 10

vojny´. 3 Skoĺ;ko . . . u´hitsq v va´wem universite´te? 4 V na´wej 1

gru´ppe 12 . . . 5 U ne´kotoryx . . . net da´'e sa´mogo neobxodi´mogo.

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6 U neśkol;kix . . . byĺo po tri kni´gi. 7 V Moskve´ q vstre´til 3

neśkol;ko . . . iz Anglii.

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Fractions and decimals

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The feminine form of the ordinal number is used to express a frac-9

tion, the words hast; or doĺq being understood: odna´ westa´q ‘one 20111

sixth’; west; desq´tyx ‘six tenths’. Tret; ‘a third’ and he´tvert; ‘a 1

quarter’ are commonly used instead of the corresponding fractions: 2

dve tre´ti instead of dve tre´t;ix ‘two thirds’; tri he´tverti 3

instead of tri hetve¨rtyx ‘three quarters’.

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Decimals are expressed by using the fractions for tenths, 5

hundredths and thousands: odnaćeĺaq i pqt; desq´tyx ‘1.5’; 6

nol; ceĺyx i soŕok vośem; so´tyx ‘0.48’; west; ceĺyx i 7

hety

ŕesta vośem;desqt sem; tyśqhnyx ‘6.487’.

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singular: 69,6 go´da. Note that Russian uses a comma instead of a 30

decimal point.

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Exercise 8

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Write down in full the fractions in the first column (from the table 7

on page 172) (Vse¨ naseleńie) and answer the questions in Russian.

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1 V kako´j straneśa´maq vyso´kaq prodol'i´tel;nost; 'iźni?

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2 Kako´j razry´v me´'du prodol'i´tel;nost;[ 'iźni mu'hiń i 1

'eń]in v Qpońii, v Itaĺii, Velikobritańii, v Rossií?

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3 Gde sa´myj bol;wo´j razry´v?

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TABLICA 1

Prodol'itel;nost; 'izni v Rossii v sravnenii s

krupnejwimi \konomiheski razvitymi stranami

(strany )

Strany

Vse¨ naselenie

Mu'hiny

@en]iny

Qponiq

78,8

75,9

81.8

Franciq

76.9

72.8

80.9

SWA

76.5

73.0

80.0

Italiq

76.4

73.2

79,7

Kanada

76,4

73.0

79.8

Velikobritaniq

75.2

72.4

78,0

Germaniq

75.1

71.8

78.3

Rossiq

1989–1990gg.

69.0

64.0

74.0

1993g.

65.1

58.9

71.9

1995

65,0

58,0

72,0

Po dańnym Goskomsta´ta

N.B. Goskomsta´t – Gosudaŕstvennyj komite´t po statiśtike – State Committee of Statistics

Dialogue 1

A conversation between a sociologist and a demographer SOCIOĹOG