Translation
some; a few
Examples
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A few people have already arrived.
demandojn.
I have a few questions.
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In a few days she will come back.
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Some say yes, others say no.
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I stayed there for a while.
Kelka is nearly always plural, because "a few" of anything is more than one: kelkaj homoj, kelkajn demandojn. Standing alone as kelkaj it means "some people" or "some of them", with the noun simply left out. In the singular it survives mainly in kelkan tempon, meaning for a while.
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