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Personne n'est entré dans la chambre vide.

Personne n'est entré dans la chambre vide.
Nobody entered the empty room.
From Lesson 112:Negative pronouns (ne... personne)·French

Questions & Answers about Personne n'est entré dans la chambre vide.

Why does the sentence start with Personne instead of putting it after the verb?
In this sentence, personne (nobody) is the subject doing the action. When personne is the subject, it goes at the beginning of the sentence, followed by ne (or n' before a vowel) right before the verb.
Why is the past tense here est entré instead of a entré?
The verb entrer (to enter) is one of the special verbs of motion that always uses être (to be) instead of avoir (to have) to form the past tense (passé composé).
Why do we need dans here if the English translation is just 'entered the room'?
In French, the verb entrer requires the preposition dans when you mention the specific place you are entering. You literally say 'entered into the room' (est entré dans la chambre).
Why is the adjective vide placed after chambre?
Most French adjectives come after the noun they describe. Also, because vide (empty) already ends in an 'e' in its dictionary form, it does not need an extra 'e' to match the feminine noun la chambre.

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