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As a pronoun Rien is often accompanied by "ne" or "n'" (before a vowel), and sometimes by another negative item (jamais ...)
Je n'ai rien - "I've got nothing" (Rien adjective is after the ne)
Rien ne VA - "nothing's going right" (Rien as a noun is before the "ne")
A-t-il jamais rien fait pour nous ? Has he ever done anything for us ? (no "ne in interrogative sent.)
Il n'a jamais rien fait pour nous - He has never done something for us
Some locutions in which, most often, rien is a noun
-"De rien" alone can mean "you're welcome" or "not at all" when somenone thanks you
- Un rien - (a very little quantity)
- rien d'autre - nothing else
- rien du tout - nothing at all
- n'avoir rien de : Il n'a rien d'un champion. He's no champion.
- rien que - just, only
- rien que pour lui faire plaisir - just to please him
- rien que la vérité - nothing but the truth
- rien que cela - that alone
- Rien que la voiture coûte un million - The car alone costs a million.
- rien à faire! it's no good!, it's no use! It's not worth ii
- il ne lui ressemble en rien - he's nothing like him
- Rien ne VA plus ! - I don't know the translation in English but it is the locution used in casinos when betting time is over)
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How do you say nothing's wrong in french?
nothing's wrong would be translated 'rien n'est faux, rien n'est incorrect'. That gives a double negative and French speakers just say usually 'rien' (when told there's something wrong here...), or use the opposite phrase 'tout VA bien' (all is good).
What is the french translation of 'Hear no evil speak no evil see no evil'?
The French expression is: "Ne rien entendre, ne rien voir, ne rien dire".
What does it is nothing translate to in french?
"It is nothing" translates to "Ce n'est rien" in French.
How do you say nothing is new in french?
rien de neuf
What is you wolcome in french?
"Welcome" in French is "Bienvenue."
What does the word rien mean in french?
Rien means 'nothing' or the negative form of 'anything' depending on the context. For example, -"Qu'as-tu fait" (What did you do?) -"Rien." (Nothing.) or -"Je n'ai rien fait." (I didn't do anything.) Note that rien is used in the place of 'pas' and is one of the many forms of the negative in French (e.g. ne...rien, ne...aucun, ne...personne).
How do you say nothing's wrong in french?
nothing's wrong would be translated 'rien n'est faux, rien n'est incorrect'. That gives a double negative and French speakers just say usually 'rien' (when told there's something wrong here...), or use the opposite phrase 'tout VA bien' (all is good).
How do you say do nothing in french?
ne faites rien
What does c'est rien mean?
c'est rien /or / ce n'est rien means that's nothing in French.
What is the french word for nothing?
nothing = rien nothing at all = rien du tout
What does ne rien mean in french?
'Ne rien' means 'nothing'.
What is the French for nothing?
rien
What is the french translation of 'Hear no evil speak no evil see no evil'?
The French expression is: "Ne rien entendre, ne rien voir, ne rien dire".
What is nought in French?
zéro (rien)
What if your welcome in french?
du rien
What is you wolcome in french?
"Welcome" in French is "Bienvenue."
What is the french word of nothing?
rien
