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Quelqu'un vient de trouver un indice ici.

Quelqu'un vient de trouver un indice ici.
Someone has just found a clue here.
From Lesson 102:Indefinite pronouns (quelqu'un, quelque chose)·French

Questions & Answers about Quelqu'un vient de trouver un indice ici.

Since quelqu'un means 'someone', what verb form do we use with it?
You treat quelqu'un exactly like il or elle (he or she). That is why we use vient, the third-person singular form of the verb venir.
Why does the sentence use vient de trouver instead of a normal past tense like a trouvé?
This uses a very common structure called the recent past. By pairing the verb venir de with an unconjugated verb like trouver, it means that an action just happened. So, vient de trouver translates perfectly to 'has just found'.
Why is there an apostrophe in Quelqu'un?
Quelqu'un is made by combining quelque (some) and un (one). Because quelque ends in a vowel and un begins with one, the e is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe so the words flow together smoothly.
Does un indice mean 'an index'?
It looks like it, but it is often a false friend! While it can mean 'index' in math, in everyday French and detective stories, un indice means 'a clue' or 'a hint'.

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