Breakdown of ¿Alguien encontró algún rastro en el bosque?
en
in / on / at
encontrar
to find
el bosque
the forest
alguien
someone
Questions & Answers about ¿Alguien encontró algún rastro en el bosque?
The English translation says "anyone", but doesn't alguien mean "someone"?
In Spanish, alguien covers both "someone" and "anyone" as long as you are referring to a person. English usually switches to "anyone" in questions, but Spanish just uses alguien whether you are making a statement like "Someone found it" or asking a question like "Did anyone find it?"
Why is the verb encontró in the singular (he/she) form if "anyone" could be multiple people?
Why is it algún rastro instead of alguno rastro?
The word alguno drops its final -o and gains an accent mark to become algún whenever it comes directly before a masculine singular noun. Since rastro (trace) is a masculine singular noun, alguno must change to algún.
Could I say "¿Alguno encontró..." instead of "¿Alguien encontró..." at the beginning?