⚖️Quantifiers
All, some, nothing, everyone, many, few — how much of the world you mean.
13 concepts
Columns follow the languages switched on at the top. Gender after the word (m/f/n); IPA beneath; notes, alternatives and origins underneath — nothing is hidden.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
all pronoun | all | tout THE agreement set: tout /tu/, toute /tut/, tous /tu/, toutes /tut/ — and tous as a pronoun sounds its s: ils sont tous là /tus/. | todo Agrees: toda, todos, todas. Todo el día = all day; todos los días = every day. |
everything pronoun | everything | tout C'est tout = that's all. Tout va bien = everything's fine. | todo Same word as 'all': todo está bien. |
nothing pronoun | nothing | rien Ne … rien: je ne vois rien. De rien = you're welcome. | nada No … nada after the verb — the double negative is correct Spanish. De nada = you're welcome. |
everyone pronoun | everyone also: everybody Singular verb: everyone is here. | tout le monde Literally 'all the world' — singular verb: tout le monde est là. | todo el mundo also: todos Also 'all the world', also singular: todo el mundo lo sabe. |
nobody pronoun | nobody also: no one | personne The trap: une personne = a person, but bare personne with ne = nobody. Il n'y a personne = there's nobody. | nadie No … nadie after the verb: no hay nadie. |
many / much adjective | many also: much (uncountables) Much lives mostly in questions and negatives: not much time. | beaucoup de Always de, never des: beaucoup de gens, beaucoup d'eau. | mucho Agrees: mucha gente, muchos años, muchas gracias. |
few / little adjective | few also: little (uncountables) A few = some (positive); few = hardly any (negative). The article flips the meaning. | peu de Same flip: un peu de = a little (positive); peu de = little/few (negative). | poco Agrees: poca, pocos, pocas. Un poco de = a little. |
some adjective | some Weak form /səm/. Any in questions/negatives: do you have any? | des also: quelques, du / de la (uncountables) French demands an article where English drops it: j'ai des amis, je mange du pain. | algunos also: unos Often simply omitted: tengo amigos. Algún before a masculine singular: algún día. |
every / each adjective | every also: each Always singular: every day, each one. | chaque Invariable, always singular: chaque jour. The pronoun is chacun/chacune = each one. | cada Invariable: cada día, cada semana. Cada vez más = more and more. Plural 'every' = todos los: todos los días. |
other / another adjective | other also: another Another is just an + other fused — hence only with singulars. | autre Un autre / une autre; plural d'autres. L'autre jour = the other day. | otro NEVER 'un otro' — bare otro already means another: otra cerveza, por favor. |
the same adjective | the same Always with the: the same thing. Same here = me too (informal). | le même Agrees: la même, les mêmes. Watch out: même alone also = 'even' (même moi) and quand même = all the same/still. | el mismo Agrees: la misma, los mismos… Ahora mismo = right now; yo mismo = I myself. |
both pronoun | both | les deux also: tous les deux No single word — literally 'the two': j'aime les deux. | ambos also: los dos Feminine ambas. Los dos is the everyday choice; ambos is a notch more formal. |
half noun | half pl. halves Silent l; the plural swaps f for v. | moitiéf La moitié = the half (noun); the prefix is demi-: une demi-heure. | mitadf La mitad = the half; the adjective is medio/media: media hora. |