No. 408 in Afrikaans
sommige
"Some" or "certain."
In a sentence
Sommige mense hou van koffie.
Some people like coffee.
The word 'sommige' is used here as an adjective to mean 'some', referring to a portion of the people.
Ek het sommige boeke gelees, maar nie almal nie.
I read some books, but not all.
The word 'sommige' is used as an adjective to specify a subset of the books, implying partial completion.
Sommige vrae was moeilik om te beantwoord.
Some questions were difficult to answer.
'Sommige' functions as an adjective modifying 'vrae', indicating not all, but a specific subset that presented difficulty.
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