Translation
someone; some
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Examples
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Someone came.
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Did anyone see him?
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I know someone who can help.
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Some man was standing at the door.
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Some people never ask.
is someone standing alone, and some or a certain in front of a noun. Unlike it takes the plural, , and it takes the accusative when it is an object, . The distinction to hold on to is for people or specified members of a group against for an unidentified thing. In a question it comes out as anyone.
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Stories
(10)La ru臐a ganto
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Poste estis trinkata teo
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Du mil vortoj
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La cirko
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Grammar articles
(7)Esperanto Aspect Affixes: ek-, re-, -ad-, dis- and mis-
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
Negation in Esperanto: ne, the neni- Words and nek
Esperanto Particles: 膲i tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 6: iu, patro, deziri and 11 more words.