Indefinite pronouns

Created by Vít Hradec

somy, any, no

Indefinite pronouns

SOME

Used in plural and for uncountable nouns only. 

NO

We have no more time left.

ANY

Some or a/an?

I have a book about airplanes.

I have some books about airplanes.

I have some literature about airplanes.

+

I have some questions about fossil fuels in the world.

Polite offer / request

Would you like some tea?

Will you lend me some money, please?

?

Do you have any questions?

Beware!

Double negative is not allowed in English.

-

We haven't got any time left.

+

You can choose any seat you like.

More indefinite pronouns

Translation

1. Musí to být někdo důležitý.
2. Potřebuješ něco?
3. Ale já tam nikoho neznám.
4. Koupíme si něco k jídlu.
5. Ještě nikdy jsem neviděl nic tak bláznivého.
6. Chtěli byste vidět něco zajímavého?
7. Podívej! Něco jsem našel.
8. Ještě nikdy jsem nepotkal nikoho slavného.
9. Cestu ti může ukázat kdokoliv.
10. Nemám co na sebe.

1. It must be someone important.
2. Do you need anything?
3. But I don’t know anybody there. / But I know nobody there.
4. We are going to buy something to eat. / We will buy…
5. I have never seen anything so crazy.
6. Would you like to see something interesting?
7. Look! I have found something.
8. I have never met anybody famous.
9. Anybody can show you the way.
10. I have nothing to wear. / I haven’t got anything to wear.

Translation II

1. Nic nepotřebuji.
2. Nic neřekl.
3. Nikoho jsem tam neznal.
4. Neměli jsme kde sedět.
5. Dnes večer nikam nejdu.
6. Nikdy nikoho neprosí o pomoc.
7. Nikdy se tady nic neděje.
8. V televizi nikdy není nic dobrého.

1. I don’t need anything. I need nothing.
2. He didn’t say anything. He said nothing.
3. I didn’t know anybody there. I knew nobody there.
4. We didn’t have anywhere to sit. We had nowhere to sit.
5. I’m not going anywhere tonight. I’m going nowhere tonight.
6. She never asks anyone for help.
7. Nothing ever happens here.
8. There is never anything good on TV.

Translation III

1. Chtěl bys něco k pití?
2. Má někdo nějaké otázky?
3. Nikam nechoď. Někdo nám pomůže.
4. Nikdo nám o tom nic neřekl.
5. Moje babička si nikdy nic nekoupila na eBay.
6. Můžeš si sednout kamkoli chceš.
7. Nikdy předtím jsem nic takového neviděl.
8. Mělo by to být někde blízko náměstí.
9. Víš o tom něco?
10. Myslím, že s nikým nechodí.
11. Po škole si můžeš najít práci kdekoliv v dopravě.
12. Někdo na tebe čeká před budovou.
13. Nikdy nikam nechodí pěšky.
14. Polož to kamkoli na stůl. Někdo se o to postará.
15. Měl by sis obléct něco teplejšího.

1. Would you like something to drink?
2. Does anyone have any questions?
3. Don’t go anywhere. Somebody will help us.
4. Nobody told us anything about it.
5. My grandma has never bought anything on eBay.
6. You can sit anywhere you like.
7. I have never seen anything like that before.
8. It should be somewhere near the square.
9. Do you know anything about it?
10. I think that he isn’t going out with anybody.
11. After school you can find a job anywhere in transport.
12. Somebody is waiting for you in front of the building.
13. He never goes anywhere on foot.
14. Put it anywhere on the table. Somebody will take care of it.
15. You should put on something warmer.

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External sources

Hardly

= negative word in a sentence

I met hardly anybody on my way.