No. 51 in Turkish
bazı
"Some" or "a few."
In a sentence
Bazı insanlar sabahları erken kalkmayı sever.
Some people like getting up early in the morning.
In this sentence, 'bazı' means 'some' and indicates an indefinite quantity referring to an unspecified group of 'people'.
Bazı günlerde hava çok güzel oluyor.
Some days, the weather is very nice.
Here, 'bazı' signifies 'some' specific days, still indefinite, demonstrating a subset of the concept 'days'.
Bazı kitapları okumaktan çok keyif alıyorum.
I enjoy reading some books a lot.
In this usage, 'bazı' points to an undefined selection of 'books', emphasizing an unbounded countable subset.
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