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{ translate: How much does it cost?}
+ Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
-Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
-Сколько яблок?
||How many apples?
-Сколько воды?
||How much water?
{ translate: How much did you write?}
- Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
+Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
-Сколько яблок?
||How many apples?
-Сколько воды?
||How much water?
{ translate: How much water?}
- Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
-Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
-Сколько яблок?
||How many apples?
+Сколько воды?
||How much water?
{ translate: How many apples?}
- Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
-Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
+Сколько яблок?
||How many apples?
-Сколько воды?
||How much water?
-Сколько женщин?
||How many women?
{ translate: Whose is it?}
- Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
-Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
+Чья такая?
||Whose is it?
-Сколько воды?
||How much water?
-Сколько женщин?
||How many women?
{ translate: Who are you?}
- Сколько стоит?
||How much does it cost?
-Сколько вы написали?
||How much did you write?
+Ты чей?
||Whose are you?
-Сколько воды?
||How much water?
-Сколько женщин?
||How many women?
The two adjectival pronouns, какой and чей, are also simple in use. Какой asks what category something belongs to, or which item of a set, while чей asks for the owner of something:
Whose cat is that? - Чья это кошка?
What kind of cat is that? - Какая это кошка?