
Del's ESL
Del's ESL
Inglés Para Hispanos
Inglés Para Hispanos
Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody
Everybody, Somebody, Nobody and Anybody
Every - all Singular, use a singular verb.
Every day brings new adventure.
Everybody is here. = All the people are here.
(Todo mundo está aquí.)
Everybody wants to be famous.
Everyone = Everybody
Everything is all right. = All things are O.K.
(Todo está bien.)
Everything looks good.
I have looked everywhere for my keys. = I have looked in all the
places I can think of to find my keys.
(He buscado mis llaves en todas partes.)
Some - More than 2 Some people are vegetarians.
(algunos) (Algunas personas son vegetarianas.)
Some - a nonspecific quantity used with food and drink or other
noncount nouns. I want some pizza. I need some help.
Se usa cómunmente con comida y bebida y con otras
palabras donde no se especifica la cantidad.
Quiero pizza. Necesito ayuda.
Somebody - a person (alguien) Someone = Somebody
Something - a thing (algo)
Somewhere - a place (en algún lugar)
Nobody - no person (nadie) No one = Nobody
Nothing - no thing (nada)
Nowhere - in no place (en ningún lugar)
Anybody - any person Not Anybody - no person
(cualquier persona) (nadie)
This is so easy, anybody could do it.
This is so hard, nobody could do it.
There isn't anybody who could do this. (No person could do this.)
(No hay nadie que pudiera hacer esto.)
Anyone = Anybody
Anything - any thing Not Anything - no thing
(cualquier cosa) (nada)
You can have anything you want.
You can't have anything.
Anywhere - in any place Not Anywhere - in no place
(en cualquier lugar) (en ningún lugar)
We can talk to God anywhere.
I don't want to go anywhere expensive.
It was a job that anybody could do.
Everybody thought somebody else would do it.
So, nobody did it.
(Era un trabajo que cualquier podría hacer.
Todo mundo pensó que alguien [otra persona] lo haría.
Así que, nadie lo hizo.)