Translation
some; a few
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Examples
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A few people have already arrived.
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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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Word family
Words built on kelka with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- kelkfojeadverb
sometimes, a few times
kelkafojo
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kelka: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 14: kelka, ankoraŭ, paroli and 7 more words.