No. 9,252 in Russian
сорок
The Russian word "сорок" means "forty" in English.
In a sentence
Мне всего лишь сорок лет.
I am just forty years old.
In this sentence, "сорок" is used as a cardinal number to indicate age.
Через сорок минут начнется концерт.
The concert will start in forty minutes.
Here, "сорок" specifies a quantity of time in minutes, demonstrating its use in temporal contexts.
Он купил сорок яблок для пикника.
He bought forty apples for the picnic.
In this case, "сорок" is used to quantify a countable noun, "яблок," showing a basic numerical usage.
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