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In French, to express not ... anyone, you use a specific negative structure: ne ... personne.
Negative sentences with "ne ... personne" in French
Look at these negative sentences:
Just as the construction ne… pas is used to negate a sentence, use ne...personne to express no one / not anyone.
ATTENTION:
Personne on its own means ''no one'', but une personne means a person!
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Examples and resources
I don't see anyone.
He doesn't hear anyone
We recognise nobody.
