What does "some" mean?

Question

what does "some" mean say for example, i know some english or some french? what does it mean? does it mean that he knows enough french to get by or what?

Answer 1

some means a little bit not full..see the example below and hope it helps...

The glass is FULL of milk.

There is SOME milk in the glass.

In the example given by you, it means the guy knows a little bit of both english and french..but not fully knows it.

Answer 2

to have knowledge of it but not enough to be fluent

Answer 3

Generally speaking "some" hovers bertween 25% but just under 50%

Answer 4

Some is basically means more than one, less than all.

Answer 5

Here, 'some' used in knowing a language means he knows a number of common every-day expressions of greeting people, asking basic questions and carrying on short, easy conversations about the weather, shopping, etc. He is likely to write some words. I would say that knowing 'some'  is more  than having a 'smattering' of a language which is often limited to speaking fewer  words and phrases, rather being able to handle complete sentences.The person would not know the written version.  

Persons who know 'some' aspects of several languages or dialects are often able to identify them rather easily and to follow a gist of what is being spoken.