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Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by Tainnor on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @01:16AM (#42789634)
IIRC, formally "personne" has to be used with the "ne" negation in order to mean 'nobody', such as "personne ne l'a vu", which makes a certain kind of sense ('a person hasn't seen it' -> nobody has seen it). But French people usually drop "ne" in spoken language.
Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by whycome on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:23AM (#42790031)
You're right as far as I know. But it's also funny to type in both "nobody" and "anybody" into Google translate and they both translate to "personne".
Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by bkazez on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:14AM (#42791922)
“Sans personne” means “without anyone” and has no “ne”.
Re:Why is zero plural? (2024) by Tainnor on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @09:55AM (#42793463)
Ok, but it literally means "without person", so is equally unsuprising.