Tuesday, May 12, 2020
French Indefinite Pronouns Pronoms indéfinis
French indefinite pronouns, sometimes called affirmative indefinite pronouns, are unspecific and are used in place of nouns. They can be the subject of a sentence, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.   Tout le monde est ici.   Everyone is here.   Il a achetà © quelque chose.   He bought something.   Jai un cadeau pour quelquun.   I have a gift for someone.Please see the list of French indefinite pronouns at the bottom of the page. The numbers in the final column refer to these notes:1) Some French indefinite pronouns must always have an antecedent.   Jai perdu mon stylo, donc jai dà » acheter un autre.   I lost my pen, so I had to buy another one.   Tu vois les chocolats ? Oui, je veux goà »ter chacun.   Do you see the chocolates? Yes, I want to taste each one.2) These pronouns express a quantity. Therefore, when they are the object of the verb and the noun is dropped, th ey must be preceded by the pronoun en.   Jai vu plusieurs films Jen ai vu plusieurs.   I saw several films I saw several of them.br/>   Tu as les valises ? Jen ai quelques-unes.   Do you have the suitcases? I have some of them.3) These pronouns can be modified with dentre eux, elles, nous, or vous, or with de a noun; either way, they still take the third person conjugation (learn more).   Quelques-uns dentre vous sont prà ªts.   Some of you are ready.   Plusieurs de vos à ©tudiants sont ici.   Several of your students are here.4) These pronouns always take the third person singular form of the verb.   Tout va bien?   Is everything ok?    Chacun dentre vous doit venir.   Each (one) of you has to come.5) On is the indefinite subject pronoun.   À quelle heure va-t-on partir?   What time are we leaving?   On ne sait jamais.   You never know.6) When followed by a modifier (like an adjective), the preposition de must be used between the pronoun and the modifier.   Jai quelque chose dintà ©ressant à vous dire.   I have something interesting to tell you.   Il y a quelquun de bizarre dans votre bureau.   There is someone strange in your office.7) Soi is the indefinite stressed pronoun.   Il est bon de rester chez soi de temps en temps.   Its good to stay at home once in a while.   Il faut avoir confiance en soi.   One must / Its necessary to have faith in oneself.Try this test on French indefinite pronouns. French Indefinite Pronouns un(e) autre another one 1, 2 dautres others 1, 2 certain(e)s certain ones 1, 2 chacun(e) each one 1, 3, 4 on one 5 plusieurs several 1, 2, 3 quelque chose something 4, 6 quelquun someone 4, 6 quelques-uns some, a few 1, 2, 3 quiconque anyone 4 soi oneself 7 tel one, someone tout everything 4 tout le monde everyone 4 un, lun one 3
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