No. 91 in Estonian
keegi
"Keegi" means "someone" or "anyone" in English.
In a sentence
Keegi koputas uksele.
Someone knocked on the door.
In this sentence, 'keegi' is used as an indefinite pronoun to mean 'someone'.
Ma ei tea, kes see oli; keegi siiski oli.
I don’t know who it was; someone it was, however.
Here, 'keegi' is used to indicate an uncertain subject, someone unknown or unspecified.
Keegi ei tulnud minu sünnipäevale.
Nobody came to my birthday.
In this case, 'keegi' is used with a negation, which changes its meaning to 'nobody'.
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