どこか

どこか is an indefinite word meaning "somewhere" or "somehow." Part of the ka-series indefinites.

TWO MAIN USES:
1. Location (somewhere): どこかに行(い)く (go somewhere)
2. Manner (somehow, somewhat): どこか変(へん)だ (somehow strange)

PARTICLE PATTERNS:

• どこかに: to/at somewhere
• どこかで: at somewhere (action location)
• どこかへ: toward somewhere

RELATED INDEFINITES:

• 何(なに)か: something
• 誰(だれ)か: someone
• いつか: sometime
• どれか: one of them

USAGE NOTE:
When modifying an adjective without a particle, どこか means "somewhat" or "in some way": どこか寂(さび)しい (somehow lonely).