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Je veux quelqu'un de robuste dans mon équipe.

Je veux quelqu'un de robuste dans mon équipe.
I want someone sturdy in my team.
From Lesson 394:Modified indefinite pronouns (quelque chose de beau)·French

Questions & Answers about Je veux quelqu'un de robuste dans mon équipe.

Why do we need de between quelqu'un and robuste?
In French, when you modify an indefinite pronoun like quelqu'un (someone), quelque chose (something), personne (no one), or rien (nothing) with an adjective, you must connect them using de. You cannot just put the adjective directly next to the pronoun like you do in English.
If I specifically wanted a strong woman for my team, would the adjective change to feminine?
No. Adjectives following quelqu'un de always stay in the default invariable masculine singular form, regardless of who you have in mind. In this sentence, robuste happens to end in an -e in its masculine form anyway, but if you used fort (strong), it would have to be quelqu'un de fort, never forte.
Équipe is a feminine word. Why does the sentence use mon instead of ma?
Even though équipe is feminine, it starts with a vowel. To avoid the clunky sound of ma équipe (two vowels clashing), French uses the masculine possessive adjective mon for smoother pronunciation. This rule applies to all feminine singular nouns starting with a vowel or mute h.
Could I say Je veux une personne robuste instead?
Yes, absolutely! If you use the noun une personne instead of the pronoun quelqu'un, you drop the de and just place the adjective directly after the noun. However, using quelqu'un de is a very common and natural way to describe an unspecified individual who fits a certain trait.

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