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quelques

a few

adjective KEL-kuh Common

Also means

some

Usage Note

Quelques means a few and goes before countable nouns — quelques amis, quelques minutes — where un peu de serves uncountable ones (un peu de pain). The singular quelque now survives mainly in fixed phrases like quelque chose (something) and quelque part (somewhere).

Examples

"J'ai quelques questions."

Natural Translation

I have a few questions.

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