Quelqu un Quelque chose Ne personne ne rien ne que FRANCAIS I

Quelqu’un, Quelque chose, Ne…personne, ne…rien, ne…que FRANCAIS I Chapter 4 Grammar 1

Someone / Something In French quelqu’un is used to say someone and quelque chose is used to say something. n q Je vais acheter quelque chose. = I’m going to buy something. Quelqu’un can be used as the subject of a sentence. n q q Quelqu’un a fait une expérience dans le laboratoire. Use the il form of verb conjugations

Ne…Personne / Ne…rien Ne … personne and ne … rien are negative expressions we have learned n Ne personne = no one Ne rien = nothing q q In the passé composé ne comes before the helping verb n Rien comes after the helping verb Personne comes after the past participle EXAMPLES q q q n n Je n’ai rien vu = I didn’t see anything Je n’ai vu personne. = I didn’t see anyone

Ne…Personne / Ne…rien n n No one and nothing can also be used as a subject by placing Personne or Rien in the subject position and ne before the verb EXAMPLES q Personne n’est venu. n q Rien n’est arrivé n q Nobody came. Nothing happened Nobody saw. n Personne ne a vu.

Ne … Que n n Ne … que (qu’) means only. Place Ne before the verb and que before what you are limiting. EXAMPLES q Il n’a gagné que deux compétitions. n q Je n’aime que les bonbons. n q He only won two competitions I only like candy They only took one test. n Elles n’ont passé qu’un examen.