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Le détective voit quelque chose : une preuve et une trace.

Le détective voit quelque chose : une preuve et une trace.
The detective sees something : a proof and a trace.
From Lesson 102:Indefinite pronouns (quelqu'un, quelque chose)·French

Questions & Answers about Le détective voit quelque chose : une preuve et une trace.

Why doesn't quelque chose change to feminine, since the things he sees (une preuve, une trace) are feminine?
Quelque chose (something) is an indefinite pronoun, meaning it stands on its own and has a fixed form. It never changes its spelling to match the things it refers to, even if those specific things turn out to be feminine words like une preuve.
Is une preuve the most natural word for 'evidence' here?
Yes! While the literal translation is 'a proof', une preuve is the standard French term for 'a piece of evidence' in a police or detective context. Unlike English where 'evidence' is usually an uncountable group word, French treats it as a normal countable noun.
Is voit a regular verb?
No, voir (to see) is an irregular verb. For the detective (he/it), the form is il voit ending in a 't'. If you were the detective talking about yourself, it would be je vois ending in an 's'.
How is the 's' in chose pronounced?
The 's' in chose is pronounced like an English 'z'. In French, when a single 's' is sandwiched between two vowels (in this case, 'o' and 'e'), it makes a 'z' sound.

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