No. 218 in Slovenian
nekatere
"Some" or "certain."
In a sentence
Nekatere knjige so na mizi.
Some books are on the table.
Here, 'nekatere' functions as an adjective meaning 'some' to specify an indefinite subset of books.
Nekatere ne verjamejo, da je to res.
Some do not believe that this is true.
In this sentence, 'nekatere' serves as a pronoun referring to an unspecified group of people.
Mi je všeč nekatere izmed teh pesmi.
I like some of these songs.
'Nekatere' is again functioning as a pronoun selecting an unspecified subset from a defined group (the songs).
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