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

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

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

4. Ne…Personne / Ne…rien
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
Personne n’est venu.
Nobody came.
Rien n’est arrivé
Nothing happened
Nobody saw.
Personne ne a vu.

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