January 21st, 2026
HW ex. 4B.b & c & d p. 39, ex. 17 p. 166
Indefinitive pronouns:
1. a) every + pääsana
He goes to the gym every day.
Every student knows that smoking is not allowed in school premises.
b) everybody / everyone
Everybody goes to school in Finland.
c) everything
Everything seems to go wrong today.
NB!
Every one of us knows the truth. (every one kirjoitetaan kahtena eri sanana, koska of-fraasi seuraa)
2. a) some + pääsana
I'll go to Australia some day.
I want to have some sugar with my coffee.
Some people don't drink coffee at all.
I don't want a / some stranger see me in this situation.
NB!
One of the boys was absent.
Some of the boys were absent.
b) somebody / someone
There is somebody at the door.
Somebody stole my bike.
c) something
Something went wrong.
NB!
There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
You are something special.
3. a) 1. any + pääsana "TAHANSA"
You can call me any time.
a) 2. kieltosanan tai rajoittavan sanan kanssa
(not, never)
(hardly = barely = scarcely = TUSKIN; seldom = rarely = HARVOIN; only)
He had never seen any foreigner.
He had hardly seen any foreigner.
a) 3. kysymyksissä
Have you ever seen any snake?
b) 1. anybody / anyone (viittaa ihmiseen)
= TAHANSA
Anybody can solve this problem.
b) 2.
We haven't ever seen anybody here.
I hardly saw anybody there.
b) 3. Have you talked to anyone today?
c) 1. ANYTHING (viittaa asiaan)
Anything can happen. = Mitä tahansa voi sattua.
c) 2. kieltosanan tai rajoittavan määreen kanssa:
I hardly / seldom said anything.
c) 3. kysymyksissä:
Have you eaten anything today?
Indefinitive pronouns:
1. a) every + pääsana
He goes to the gym every day.
Every student knows that smoking is not allowed in school premises.
b) everybody / everyone
Everybody goes to school in Finland.
c) everything
Everything seems to go wrong today.
NB!
Every one of us knows the truth. (every one kirjoitetaan kahtena eri sanana, koska of-fraasi seuraa)
2. a) some + pääsana
I'll go to Australia some day.
I want to have some sugar with my coffee.
Some people don't drink coffee at all.
I don't want a / some stranger see me in this situation.
NB!
One of the boys was absent.
Some of the boys were absent.
b) somebody / someone
There is somebody at the door.
Somebody stole my bike.
c) something
Something went wrong.
NB!
There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
You are something special.
3. a) 1. any + pääsana "TAHANSA"
You can call me any time.
a) 2. kieltosanan tai rajoittavan sanan kanssa
(not, never)
(hardly = barely = scarcely = TUSKIN; seldom = rarely = HARVOIN; only)
He had never seen any foreigner.
He had hardly seen any foreigner.
a) 3. kysymyksissä
Have you ever seen any snake?
b) 1. anybody / anyone (viittaa ihmiseen)
= TAHANSA
Anybody can solve this problem.
b) 2.
We haven't ever seen anybody here.
I hardly saw anybody there.
b) 3. Have you talked to anyone today?
c) 1. ANYTHING (viittaa asiaan)
Anything can happen. = Mitä tahansa voi sattua.
c) 2. kieltosanan tai rajoittavan määreen kanssa:
I hardly / seldom said anything.
c) 3. kysymyksissä:
Have you eaten anything today?