INDEFINITE PRONOUNS:
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.
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
= TAHANSA
Anybody can solve this problem.
b 2.
We haven't ever seen anybody.
I hardly saw anybody there.
b 3. Have you talked to anyone today?
3. a ANYTHING
Anything can happen.
b. I hardly / seldom said anything.
c. Have you eaten anything today?
4. NO + pääsana
No man is an island. = Yksikään ihminen ei ole saari.
No car is affordable to me.
b) nobody / no one
"Nobody knows the troubles I've seen..."
c) nothing
Nothing changed.
NB!
None of us remember / remembers him.
NB!
Kari saw two eagles. I saw none.
Everyone knows her / him.
Every girl should have the right to go to school.
Everything goes wrong today.
Every book is worth reading.
Every one of us knows the truth.
Someone / somebody stole my bike.
Some boy bullied him.
One of the boys bullied Marc.
Some of the boys bullied Marc.
Something went wrong.
He said so for some reason.
He knows some Finnish.
1. Anybody could do it.
2. He doesn't know anybody here.
3. Do you know anybody here?
1. Any student could do that.
2. He doesn't know any student in this school.
3. Do you know any student in your class?
1. Anything can happen.
2. He never says anything in class.
3. Did he say anything?
1. Any of the topics interests me.
Any of us could help you.
2. She didn't know any of us.
3. Do you know any of them?
Nobody / no one knows me.
No student could solve the problem.
Nothing ever happens here.
I have no money.
None of you know me.
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.
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
= TAHANSA
Anybody can solve this problem.
b 2.
We haven't ever seen anybody.
I hardly saw anybody there.
b 3. Have you talked to anyone today?
3. a ANYTHING
Anything can happen.
b. I hardly / seldom said anything.
c. Have you eaten anything today?
4. NO + pääsana
No man is an island. = Yksikään ihminen ei ole saari.
No car is affordable to me.
b) nobody / no one
"Nobody knows the troubles I've seen..."
c) nothing
Nothing changed.
NB!
None of us remember / remembers him.
NB!
Kari saw two eagles. I saw none.
Everyone knows her / him.
Every girl should have the right to go to school.
Everything goes wrong today.
Every book is worth reading.
Every one of us knows the truth.
Someone / somebody stole my bike.
Some boy bullied him.
One of the boys bullied Marc.
Some of the boys bullied Marc.
Something went wrong.
He said so for some reason.
He knows some Finnish.
1. Anybody could do it.
2. He doesn't know anybody here.
3. Do you know anybody here?
1. Any student could do that.
2. He doesn't know any student in this school.
3. Do you know any student in your class?
1. Anything can happen.
2. He never says anything in class.
3. Did he say anything?
1. Any of the topics interests me.
Any of us could help you.
2. She didn't know any of us.
3. Do you know any of them?
Nobody / no one knows me.
No student could solve the problem.
Nothing ever happens here.
I have no money.
None of you know me.