The forms of the pronouns are also the third person.
Chacun doit s’asseoir à sa propre place – Everybody must sit down in his or her own place
French Indefinite Pronouns used only as pronoun
Chacun/chacune – each one, everybody
Chacun doit prendre une feuille de papier – Everybody must take a sheet of paper
Je ne sais quoi – something or other
Elle a dit je ne sais quoi de complètement stupide – She said something or other completely stupid
N’importe qui – anyone (at all)
N’importe qui te dira – Anyone at all will tell you that
Ne le dis pas à n’importe qui – Don’t tell just anyone
On – one, you, we, they, someone, people in general
On nous regarde – Somebody’s looking at us
Qu’est ce qu’on va faire – What are we going to do?
On is a very commonly used term, and a pronoun heard all the time in French conversation
Personne – nobody, not anybody
Qui est là? Personne – Who’s there? Nobody
Je n’y vois personne – I can’t see anyone there
Je sais qu’il n’y a personne à la maison car personne n’a répondu
- I know there is nobody at home because nobody answered the phone
In the French Indefinite Pronouns, Personne must have a ne with an associate verb, as in the second example above
Quelque chose – something, anything
Tu as vu quelque chose? – Did you see anything?
Oui il y a quelque chose qui bouge – Yes there’s something moving
In the rules of French Indefinite Pronouns, any adjective with quelque chose follows it, is masculine, and is preceded by de
Ca doit être quelque chose d’horrible! – It must be something horrible
The other chose compounds behave similarly
Autre chose – Something else
Peu de chose – Little
Pas grand chose – Not much
Il y a autre chose que le travail dans la vie - There is something else than work in life
Quelqu’un – someone, anybody
Il y quelqu’un dans la grange – There’s someone in the barn
Est ce que tu entends quelqu’un? – Can you hear anybody?
Il vit avec quelqu’un depuis trois ans – He’s been living with somebody for three years
Ces dames là? Oui, j’en connais quelques-unes – Those ladies? Yes I know some of them
Je cherche quelqu’un de beau – I’m looking for someone handsome
Quiconque – whoever, anybody
Quiconque dit cela, ment! – Whoever says that is lying
Il joue mieux que quiconque – He plays better than anybody
Rien – nothing, not anything
Tu entends quelque chose? Non, rien – Can you hear anything? No, nothing
Je n’entends absolument rien – I can hear absolutely nothing
L’un/l’une – (the) one
J’ai rencontré l’un deux en ville – I met one of them in town
L’une chante, l’autre pas – One sings, the other doesn’t
Ils se détestent l’un l’autre – They hate one another
French Indefinite Pronouns used as both pronouns and adjectives
Aucun/aucune – none, not any
Tu as entendu ses disques? Non, aucun – You’ve heard his records? No, none of them
Il n’y en a aucun – He hasn’t any
Certains/certaines – some (people)
Certains ont dit qu’il a volé l’argent – Some people said he stole the money
Certaines d’entre elles ont très bien parlées – Some of them spoke very well
J’en connais certains – I know some of them
Plusieurs – several (people)
Plusieurs sont venus sans savoir pourquoi – Several came without knowing why
Il en a tué plusieurs – He killed several (of them)
Il y en a plusieurs de verts – There are several green ones
Tous/toutes – everybody, all
Je vous connais tous – I know you all
Elles sont toutes là – They are all there
Tous sont venus à la réunion – All of them came to the meeting
Tout – everything, all
Tout est arrangé – All is arranged
J’ai tout fait – I’ve done everything
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