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Is it something in the room?

Sumimasen. Nani ka kaku mono o kashite kudasai.
Sorry, but could you lend me something that I

can write with?

The expressions ikura ka and nan + COUNTER ka are also

used this way:

Ikura ka o-kane ga irimasu./O-kane ga ikura ka irimasu.
I need some (amount of) money.

Ikutsu ka sūtsukēsu ga arimashita./Sūtsukēsu ga ikutsu

ka arimashita.
There were a number of suitcases.

Nan-satsu ka hon o kaimashita./Hon o nan-satsu ka
kaimashita.

I bought some books.

8.2. Gerund + mo

The literal meaning of a GERUND (the te-form) + mo is

something like ‘even doing, even being so.’ It can often be
freely translated ‘even if (or though) somebody does
something, even if something is so.’