Урок 35. Приблизительное значение. Lesson 35. Approximation.

Approximation may be expressed in the following ways:

(A) by reversal of the order of numeral and noun, e.g.
нeдeли двe / about two weeks

чaсa чeрeз двa послe этого / about two hours after that


(B) by using около with a numeral in the genitive, e.g.
около стa киломeтров от Mосквы / about 100 kilometres from Moscow


(C) by placing an appropriate adverb before the numeral, e.g.
приблизитeльно сто фунтов / approximately £100
примeрно тридцaть студeнтов / roughly thirty students