joitakin
Joitakin is a Finnish determiner and pronoun meaning "some" or "a few." It is the partitive plural form used before plural nouns to indicate an unspecified, non-exhaustive quantity. In sentences, joitakin typically governs a noun in the partitive case, as in kuuluisia: joitakin kirjoja (some books), joitakin ihmisiä (some people).
- Joitakin emphasizes non-specific quantity rather than a precise number. It is common in everyday speech, writing,
- It is different from jotkut, which also means "some" but refers to a subset of a known
- The related phrases joidenkin and joidenkin kirjojen mean "some of (those) books," using the genitive to
- Jotakin and jokin are the singular counterparts (something, some), while joitakin covers plural nouns.
- Ostin joitakin kirjoja. I bought some books.
- Joitakin ihmisiä ei kiinnostanut ehdotus. Some people were not interested in the proposal.
- Hän toi joitakin näytteitä. He brought some samples.
- Joitakin is derived from the indefinite determiner/jokin system in Finnish and forms the partitive plural to
- Related forms include jotkut (some, a subset of a known group), jokin/jotakin (something), and joidenkin (some
- jotkut
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