những

Alternative forms

 * ~
 * ~

Etymology
. Compare.

Usage notes

 * Những (“some; several [of the same category]”) has a slightly literary flavour, and is not used very often in colloquial speech, where may be used instead.
 * Generally speaking, những suggests that only certain of the total possible number are referred to, as opposed to, which implies that all of a given set of entities are involved.
 * Plural marking is not always grammatically required in Vietnamese like in many Indo-European languages and can be omitted in many situations.

Adverb

 * 1)  only; just

Particle

 * : as many as; as much as
 * : nothing but
 * : nothing but