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  2. /Negative pronouns (ne... personne)
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frapper

frapper
to knock / to hit
From Lesson 112:Negative pronouns (ne... personne)·French

Usages of frapper

Quelqu'un frappe à la porte, mais il n'y a personne.
Someone is knocking at the door, but there is nobody.
Je frappe, mais personne ne répond.
I knock, but nobody answers.
Un grand éclair a frappé l'arbre pendant que nous mangions.
A big flash of lightning struck the tree while we were eating.
Il frappe avec une telle force, si bien que la bille rebondit.
He hits with such force, so much so that the billiard ball bounces.
Le garde du corps craint que l'agresseur ne frappe.
The bodyguard fears that the attacker might strike.

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