| 11.9 Referring to something indefinite - celui / celle / ceux / celles |
There are pronouns that refer to something unknown. Now we have two forms of this unknown.
| Pattern ... |
| 1) The referred object / subject is unknown, but existent. The one who has told you that is a liar. |
| 2) The referred object / subject is unknonw and possibly inexistent. Whoever may say so, is a liar. Whatever he may say, it is not true. |
In English we see, the structure changes. The same patterns we find in French. Celui / celle / ceux / celles qui / que is used, when there is an existent (but possibly unknown) person referred to. A construction with qui que ce soit (whoever it may be) is always possible. The second pattern is a bit more complex as we will see shortly.
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