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IIRC, formally "personne" has to be used with the "ne" negation in order to mean 'nobody', such as "personne ne l'a vu", which makes a certain kind of sense ('a
by Tainnor 2y ago
IIRC, formally "personne" has to be used with the "ne" negation in order to mean 'nobody', such as "personne ne l'a vu", which makes a certain kind of sense ('a person hasn't seen it' -> nobody has seen it). But French people usually drop "ne" in spoken language.
- whycome 2y agoYou're right as far as I know. But it's also funny to type in both "nobody" and "anybody" into Google translate and they both translate to "personne".
- bkazez 2y ago“Sans personne” means “without anyone” and has no “ne”.
- Tainnor 2y agoOk, but it literally means "without person", so is equally unsuprising.