No. 509 in Romanian
unii
"Unii" means "some" (referring to people or things) in English.
In a sentence
Unii oameni preferă marea, alții muntele.
Some people prefer the sea, others the mountains.
The word 'unii' is used as an indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified subset of people.
Unii dintre elevii mei au participat la olimpiadă.
Some of my students participated in the Olympiad.
Here, 'unii' specifies an unknown but specific subset of a defined group ('my students').
În timpul discuției, unii au fost de acord, iar alții nu.
During the discussion, some agreed, and others did not.
In this case, 'unii' introduces a subject group representing an undefined portion of participants.
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