• Etwas
  • some amount of uncountable things
  • like something e.g Ich möchte etwas essen (I want to eat something)
• Mache
  • some countable things
  • means some but not most
  • Can almost always be replaced with einige except in very few cases
  • Its opposite is die meisten (the most)
    • If opposite of the sentence don't sound right, manche is not the word for that sentence e.g
      • Da drüben stehen einige Bäume (There are some trees over there)
        • Opposite with manche: Most of the trees are over there
        • Opposite with einige: Other trees are over there
  • Manche is not many but more than two
• Einige
  • some countable things
  • means a few or several
  • its opposite is andere (others)
  • Einige is more than manche but still not that many