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Indefinite Pronouns

Dari, like English, uses a number of indefinite pronouns. Common indefinite pronouns include the following: فلان "such a one, so and so," بعضی "some," برخی "some," اندک "few, a little":

"such and such a person went" فلان کسی رفت

"some books" بعضی کتابها

"give a little time" اندک وقت بدهید

The indefinite pronouns فلان "such a one" and اندک "few, a little" can be strengthened by the indefinite ی:

"So and so came."فلانی آمد

"They thought a little." اندکی فکر کردند

When used as a noun بعضی can take از "of", and can be plural:

"some of them" بعضی از آنها

"Some are here" بعضی ها اینجا استند

برخی "some" is usually used with از "of ":

"some of you" برخی از شما

The Interrogative pronoun کدام "which" can be also used as an indefinite pronoun with the meaning "any":

"It hasn't got any sense in it". کدام معنایی ندارد

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