"Ему пять лет, и он уже умеет считать до десяти."

Translation: He is five years old, and he can already count to ten.

[yarjka]

I think most five year olds can count a bit higher than that.

[NebojsaBab]

Maybe the mother in law subtly criticized the mother of her grandson for never being good enough to take care of her bloodline and this was the mother's sarcastic answer.

[john.newbe]

Maybe he counts to ten before throwing a tantrum !

[laugh2000]

Amazing! He is only five and he can already speak Russian!

[reggaelizard]

This is really impressive if we're talking about a parrot.

[Gerardd88]

How should сч in считать be pronounced? Is it the same sound as щ?

[alkajugl]

They accept "and he can already count..." but reject "and already he can count..."? I cannot understand why.

[GrapiCringe]

Lol i could read when I was 5

[LukaVukZrinski]

Why not say "ten" in plain nominative?

[rabbit223]

English would be very nice

[JohnBrady0]

"already he can count" should also be correct word order.

[HoneyBeeOpal]

I guess I should be a lot prouder of my students!