kõik / iga / mõni

All, Every, Some

Level 2

Kõik inimesed means all people, iga päev means every day and mõni päev means some day.

How It Works

kõik – all, everything, everyone

  • With a countable noun, use the plural: kõik inimesed (all people), kõik raamatud. With an uncountable noun, the singular: kõik raha (all the money).
  • Alone and singular, it means everything: Kõik on hästi. (Everything is fine.) Alone and plural, it means everyone: Kõik tulid. (Everyone came.)
  • It declines: kõike (everything, partitive), kõigile (to everyone), kõigest (about everything), kõigiga (with everyone). It also agrees with its noun: kõigis linnades (in all cities).

iga – every, each

  • Always with a singular noun: iga päev (every day), iga laps.
  • Iga looks the same in the nominative, genitive and partitive, but takes endings in the other cases: igal hommikul (every morning), igas linnas (in every city), igale lapsele (to every child).
  • igaüks means everyone, each one.

mõni – some, a certain, a few

  • With a singular noun: mõni inimene (some person, someone), mõne päeva pärast (in a few days). In questions it means "any": Kas sul on mõni idee?
  • The plural mõned goes with a plural noun: mõned inimesed (some people).

More words like these: mitmed (several), teine, teised (other, others): Teised läksid koju. (The others went home.)

Note that kõige before an adjective makes the superlative: kõige parem (the best).

Examples (6)

  1. Kõik on hästi.

    Everything is fine.

  2. Kõik tulid õigel ajal.

    Everyone came on time.

    Kõik referring to people takes a plural verb: tulid.

  3. Ma jooksen igal hommikul.

    I go running every morning.

    Iga takes the adessive ending along with hommikul.

  4. Mõni päev on raskem kui teine.

    Some days are harder than others.

    Word by Word: some day is harder than another

  5. Mõned inimesed ei tea seda.

    Some people don't know that.

  6. Teised läksid juba koju.

    The others have already gone home.

Common Mistakes

  • Using a plural noun after iga.

    Ma käin trennis iga päevad.
    Ma käin trennis iga päev.

    Iga always takes a singular noun: iga päev.

  • Using a singular countable noun after kõik.

    Kõik õpilane said aru.
    Kõik õpilased said aru.

    With things you can count, kõik takes the plural. The singular is only for uncountable nouns: kõik raha.

  • Leaving iga without an ending in the adessive or inessive.

    Iga hommikul joon kohvi.
    Igal hommikul joon kohvi.

    Iga agrees with its noun in these cases: igal hommikul, igas linnas.

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kõik / iga / mõniLevel 2All, Every, Some

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The plural forms mõned and mitmed use -d.

Words in This Pattern

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