Breakdown of Il n'y a personne de robuste dans ce jeu.
dans
in, inside
il y a
there is / there are
ne
not (used before the verb)
ce
this (before a noun)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
le jeu
the game (board game, video game, etc.)
personne
nobody / no one
robuste
sturdy
Questions & Answers about Il n'y a personne de robuste dans ce jeu.
Why do we need the word de before robuste?
When you modify indefinite pronouns like personne, quelqu'un, rien, or quelque chose with an adjective, French requires the preposition de between the pronoun and the adjective. While English just says "no one sturdy", French builds it as "no one of sturdy" (personne de robuste).
The noun une personne is feminine. Does the adjective after personne de need to be feminine too?
No. As an indefinite pronoun meaning "nobody" or "anyone", personne is always grammatically masculine singular. Any adjective following personne de will always take its invariable masculine singular form. (Note that robuste ends in an "e" in both masculine and feminine, but if you used the word for "strong", it would be personne de fort, not forte).
Why isn't there a pas in this negative sentence?
Could I use fort instead of robuste here?
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