No. 291 in Swedish
vissa
"Vissa" in Swedish means "certain" or "some."
In a sentence
Vissa människor gillar att läsa böcker.
Some people like to read books.
Here, 'vissa' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' to indicate an unspecified subset of people.
Jag måste visa vissa dokument till myndigheterna.
I need to show certain documents to the authorities.
In this sentence, 'vissa' means 'certain' and is used to specify particular documents from a known or implied set.
Vissa dagar känns allt lättare.
Some days, everything feels easier.
'Vissa' functions here as in the first example, denoting 'some' to signify a subset of days in an undefined manner.
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