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Je ne vois personne dans le cimetière.

Je ne vois personne dans le cimetière.
I see nobody in the cemetery.
From Lesson 111:Negative pronouns (ne... personne)·French

Questions & Answers about Je ne vois personne dans le cimetière.

Where is the word pas in this sentence?
There isn't one! When you use ne ... personne (nobody / not anybody), the word personne completely replaces pas. You say Je ne vois personne, never Je ne vois pas personne.
Why is personne placed right after the verb?
Just like with ne ... pas, these negative words act like a sandwich around the conjugated verb. The ne goes before the verb (vois), and personne goes right after it.
Is personne always a negative word?
Not always. As a regular noun, une personne simply means a person. But when paired with ne around a verb, it becomes the negative pronoun meaning nobody or no one. Notice that when it means nobody, you completely drop the article une.
How would I change this to say 'Nobody sees me' instead of 'I see nobody'?
You can use the negative pronoun as the subject of the sentence by moving it to the front! The sentence would become Personne ne me voit. The personne and ne stay together and go right before the verb.

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