INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

• Indefinite pronouns are words composed of two elements, one of

which is some, any or not, so they behave in the same way, but have
some particularities. Note that the meaning of these compounds
varies as they are used in negative and interrogative phrases.

(Every, Some, Any, No +

body/one, thing, where)
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Somebody/Someone (Alguien):
Somebody’s at the door.
Someone called you last night.
Compounds of
some/Compuestos Something (Algo):
There’s something for you.
de some I’ve got something you want.

Somewhere (En algún lugar):

We’ll go somewhere nice this summer.
She’d like to go somewhere quiet.
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Anyone/Anybody (Nadie) (en frases negativas) (Alguien) (en
frases interrogativas):
 I couldn’t see anybody in the dark.
 She doesn’t know anyone here.
Compounds of  Did you see anybody interesting?
Any/Compuestos de Anything (Nada) (en frases negativas) (Algo) (en frases
Any interrogativas):
 They don’t want anything.
 Did she like anything?

Anywhere (En ningún lugar) (en frases negativas), (En

algún lugar) (en frases interrogativas):
 Did you go anywhere in vacation?
 We don’t wanna go anywhere.
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Nobody/No one (No-one) (Nadie):

 Nobody came.
 No one is here.
• Compounds of
Nothing (Nada):
No/Compuestos de  There’s nothing to do.
No  Nothing’s arrived.
 Nothing would be better than a nice cup
of coffee!
Nowhere (En ningún lugar):
 Nowhere is good enough for him.
 There’s nowhere she wanna go.
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MORE EXAMPLES
WITH SOME
 There is somebody at the door. (Hay
alguien en la puerta)
 She left something in the desk. (Ella dejó
algo sobre el escritorio)
 He lost his wallet somewhere. (Él perdió
su billetera en algún lugar)
 Can I have something to drink?
WITH ANY
 There isn’t anybody at the door. (No hay nadie en
la puerta)
 Is there anyone at the door? (¿Hay alguien en la
puerta?)
 We didn’t hear anything in the darkness. (No
escuchamos nada en la oscuridad)
 Did they hear anything in the darkness?
(¿Escucharon algo en la oscuridad?)
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MORE EXAMPLES
WITH ‘NO’

• - "Nobody came to the party." - (nadie vino a la fiesta)

• - "Nobody is home. Right?" - (no hay nadie en casa. ¿Cierto?)
• - "No one came to help." - (nadie vino a ayudar)
• - "No one called when you were out." - (nadie llamó cuando
estabas fuera)
 VERBS WITH TWO OBJECT

1: Some verbs can have two objects, one direct and the other
indirect, e.g:
2: If the indirect object comes after the direct object, use to or for
-Give, take, lend, sell, show, keep, find
These clauses have the structure :
These clauses have the structure:
V + N (direct object) + Prepositional phrase (indirect object)
V + N (indirect object) + N (direct object)