No. 199 in Slovenian
eni
The Slovenian word "eni" means "some" or "certain people" in English.
In a sentence
Eni ljudje uživajo v naravi.
Some people enjoy being in nature.
Here, 'eni' is used to mean 'some', indicating a subset of people.
Eni izmed nas niso šli na izlet.
Some of us did not go on the trip.
In this sentence, 'eni' again implies 'some', referring to a subset within a group 'us'.
Eden od razredov je premagal enega izmed drugih.
One of the classes defeated one of the others.
The word 'eni' would be elliptically used in this context to mean 'some' when simplified to context-specific agreement.
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