koliko, veliko, malo

Asking About Quantity

Level 3

Koliko, veliko and malo commonly take a genitive complement when expressing quantity.

How It Works

Koliko, veliko and malo commonly take a genitive complement when expressing quantity. Countable nouns usually use genitive plural; mass nouns use genitive singular.

Choose the noun's interpretation first: veliko vode measures a substance, while veliko knjig counts separate objects. Koliko časa asks for an amount of time, whereas Koliko je ura? asks for the clock time and is a different construction.

Examples (3)

  1. Koliko časa imaš?

    How much time do you have?

  2. Tukaj je veliko ljudi.

    There are many people here.

  3. Pijem malo vode.

    I drink a little water.

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koliko, veliko, maloLevel 3Asking About Quantity

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Use genitive complements for counted and measured quantities.

Words in This Pattern

kolikovelikomalo