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Quiconque

Quiconque

Today we’re looking at the advanced B2/C1 indefinite pronoun quiconque, which translates to “anyone”, “anybody” or “whoever”.

quiconque

anyone, anybody, whoever

Quiconque - French indefinite pronoun - anybody, anyone, whoever

Word origin

Quiconque comes from quīcumquĕ (whoever) in Latin.

Example sentences

Quiconque veut apprendre le français doit apprendre les verbes !

Whoever wants to learn French must learn the verbs!

For this sentence, the le is a direct object pronoun meaning “it”.

Vous le savez mieux que quiconque.

You know better than anyone else.

Il est intedit à quiconque de marcher sur le gazon.

It is forbidden for anyone to walk on the lawn.

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