So I read this, [What does なにか mean in this
sentence?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/52861/what-
does-%e3%81%aa%e3%81%ab%e3%81%8b-mean-in-this-sentence) and to clarify, I also
ran across a sentence, "何かプレゼントを買いましょうか? Here, I'm guessing 何か does not mean
something, or at least I think, so does the sentence mean like, "Lets go buy
some kind of present?" or

Could it be, "lets go buy some presents?"
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What exactly does なにか mean in this sentence?
明鏡国語辞典 does not explicitly explain the part of speech of this type of 何か. It
just says it's a "phrase" (連語). Rather than worrying about the direct English
translation of this type of 何か, I think you just can remember this pattern and
go on. This pattern is translated into English in slightly different ways
depending on the surrounding context, and I hesitate to conclusively say it's
"some", "something", "any" or "anything" in English.

  * 何か特別なこと: something/anything special
  * 何か食べるもの: something/anything to eat
  * 何かプレゼント: some present
  * 何か棒のようなもの: something like a stick
  * 誰か強い人: someone/anyone strong
  * 誰か料理人: some/any chef
  * どこか静かな場所: some quiet place

Related: [Is 「だれか素敵な人に...」 an example of
apposition?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/87160/5010)
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