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:
Je ne vois personne.I see no one.
I don't see anyone.
I don't see anyone.
Il n'entend personne.He hears no one.
He doesn't hear anyone
He doesn't hear anyone
Je ne sors avec personne.I don't date anyone.
Ma soeur n'aime personne.My sister doesn't like anyone.
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!
Qui est là ? - Personne.Who's there? -Nobody.
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I don't see anyone.
He doesn't hear anyone
We recognise nobody.
