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Sizes and measurements

Everything is metric, cheese is sold by the hundred grams, and clothes sizes have their own scale.

Quick answer

At a counter you name the amount in the accusative and the product in the genitive: три́ста гра́ммов сы́ра — three hundred grams of cheese.

Weight and volume

килогра́мм / кило́kilográm / kilókilogram / kilo
граммgramgram
литрlitrlitre
полки́лоpolkilóhalf a kilo
штукаshtúkapiece, item
упако́вкаupakóvkapack

Length and space

метрmetrmetre
сантиме́трsantimétrcentimetre
киломе́трkilométrkilometre
высота́vysotáheight
длина́dlinálength
ширина́shirináwidth

Sizes

разме́рrazmérsize
большо́йbolshóybig
ма́ленькийmálenkiysmall
сре́днийsredniymedium
подойдётpodoydyótit will fit

At the counter

Три́ста гра́ммов сы́ра, пожа́луйста.Three hundred grams of cheese, please.
Кило́ я́блок.A kilo of apples.
Два литра молока́.Two litres of milk.
Како́й у вас разме́р?What size are you?
Э́то мне не подойдёт.That won’t fit me.

Грамм or гра́ммов?

Both plural genitives are accepted in speech: сто грамм is what you will hear at the counter, сто гра́ммов is what the textbook prints. Use either.

Clothes sizes

Russian clothing sizes are roughly the European size, so a UK 10 is about a 44 and a US shoe 9 is about a 42. Shops often print the international letter as well, so разме́р M is understood everywhere.

Typical mistakes

три́ста гра́ммы сыр

три́ста гра́ммов сы́ра

Quantity plus genitive — both the unit and the product.

Э́то большо́й для меня́.

Э́то мне велико́.

Russian has special short forms for “too big”: велико́, мало́.

Check yourself

How do you ask for 300 g of cheese?

Genitive after a quantity.

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