Simple question about genitive case usage
Someone translated "Can I have some food?" for me as "Можно мне немножко еды?" (FYI-I know there are more natural ways of translating this sentence. This is only one of the translations she gave me.) I was wondering why the word "еда" is in the genitive? Does it have to do with the usage of the word "Можно" or "немножко" or because the verb "to have" is being dropped?
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Thanks for the clear answer Anna.
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"Сколько", "много", "немного", "немножко", "чуть-чуть" etc + genitive. Quantity words and numbers take the genitive, either singular or plural according to meaning.
Немного мяса, чуть-чуть хлеба, несколько яблок, 2 книги, 10 студентов.
You can even drop the quantity word (Можно мне воды?), but you should use the genitive case anyway because you mean "some quantity of water".
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Lol! For Russian language can't translation "to have" in some sentence . FE it's sounds like little baby talk.
Еда . Что? Some food. Чего? Еды.
Это также - Можно мне иметь немножко еды?
Звучит дико.
Можно мне взять немножко еды? Это идеально подходит.
Отношение к предмету действия .
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