Thread: kak stolko

hi everyone,

I'm looking for the translation of this russian phrase :
kak stolko.

I also need the translation in russian for this :
as soon as possible ?

thanks in advance for answers

Originally Posted by possopo

hi everyone,

I'm looking for the translation of this russian phrase :
kak stolko.

I also need the translation in russian for this :
as soon as possible ?

thanks in advance for answers

kak stolko (как столько) is not a phrase. May be you mean "как только..." = "as soon as...", where "..." refers to a clause in a complex sentence.

as soon as possible = как можно быстрее

I (mis-)heard "kak stolko" in Erevan when I asked a clerk what time the museum closes.

vo skolko muzei zakryvaetsya ?
kak stolko. or kak tolko apparently.

does it sound correct ?
and I assume it means as soon as possible, right ?

Как только, так сразу (и закроется).

В шутку полагающееся после "как только" уточнение опускают, тем самым делая ответ либо бессмысленным, либо многозначным.

А без шуток должно быть:
Как только "условие", так сразу (и "действие").


Как только начальник скажет, так сразу и закроем музей.
Как только всех выгоним, так сразу.

"так сразу" можно тоже опустить:
Как только пробьет полночь.

Originally Posted by possopo

I (mis-)heard "kak stolko" in Erevan when I asked a clerk what time the museum closes.

vo skolko muzei zakryvaetsya ?
kak stolko. or kak tolko apparently.

does it sound correct ?
and I assume it means as soon as possible, right ?

No, it does not.

Maybe you missed part of the sentence.

Or, otherwise, if it was "Как только." with no additions, then it was very caddish answer. Something like "It is not your f@#$ing bussiness".

Как только всех выгоним, так сразу.

that was exactly that !

Most of the people in Yerevan don't speak very good Russian, in many places I found that they spoke English better than Russian. So it's quite possible that you heard the person right but they were just not speaking standard Russian.

i not sure. if humans can try this phrase, they good russian speak.

the person I was talking to was a lady working at the national museum. she was about 40 and I'm sure her russian was excellent. I even heard ladies there talking to each other in russian.
but yes, younger people sometimes speak really bad russian, especially in Nagorno Karabakh I think.

Originally Posted by possopo

Nagornу Karabakh

Нагорный Карабах