Breakdown of Сколько вариантов у нас есть сегодня?
мы
we
у
at, by
есть
is, there is, to have
сколько
how much / how long / as much / as many as
сегодня
today
вариант
option
Questions & Answers about Сколько вариантов у нас есть сегодня?
Why does the word for options end in -ов (вариантов)?
After quantity words like сколько (how many), we must use the Genitive case. Because you are asking about multiple options, we use the Genitive plural. The dictionary form is вариант (a masculine noun ending in a consonant), so it takes the -ов ending to become вариантов.
Why do we say у нас to mean we have?
Instead of using a direct verb for to have, Russian usually expresses possession using the preposition у (by/at) followed by the owner in the Genitive case. The pronoun нас is the Genitive form of мы (we), so у нас literally translates to by us.
If сколько вариантов already means how many options, why do we need the word есть?
In Russian possession phrases, есть (is/are) is used when the main point of the sentence is whether the objects exist or are available to you. Since we are asking about the availability of the options, we include есть.
Why is the letter г in сегодня pronounced like a v?
This is a special, but very common, pronunciation rule. The word сегодня is historically made of two older words mashed together: сего (of this) and дня (day). In Russian, the grammatical endings -его and -ого are always pronounced with a v sound instead of a g.
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