Russian Dictionary

столько

pronoun

/stol'ko/

1.

so many

There were so many people there.

How do you know so many words?

This doctor has helped so many people.

They've prepared so many things.

I didn't think there would be so many questions.

2.

so much

They have so much money.

We still have so much work to do.

В мире столько несправедливости.

There is so much injustice in the world.

We've lost so much money!

Where have you been for so long (so much time)?

I've never seen so much snow!

3.

that much

I can't eat that much.

He won't be able to remember that much.

That's not enough for us.

4.

as much as

(столько...сколько)

Do as much as you can.

You don't need to do all the tasks. Do as much as you can.

5.

as long as

Real-life examples for столько

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А в книге Селесты Инг столько много монологов и глав на этот счет.

"Час Земли" - это акция не столько об энергосбережении, сколько для того, чтобы просто задуматься об экологии.

В конце концов сходимся долларах на 40. Но когда местный диллер, принеся нам наконец документы, намекает на чаевые, он узнает столько про себя разного, что тут же скрывается где-то в Гондурасе.

А вот жители юга жалуются, что при такой погоде новогоднего настроения столько же, сколько и в июле.

Summary

  • Столько is a Russian pronoun which can mean ‘so many’, ‘so much’, ‘that much’, ‘as much as’ and ‘as long as’, depending on the context.
  • The word столько doesn't usually change its form and is followed by a singular or plural noun in the genitive case.
  • For example: столько воды, столько людей, столько времени.
  • However, when used with plural nouns in certain cases, it does change in form to match the case of the noun it describes.
  • For example: стольких людей (genitive), стольким людям (dative), столькими людьми (instrumental), о стольких людях (prepositional).