rien ne s'y fait

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

rien ne s'y fait

What does this mean ?
Asked 6 years ago
AurélieNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Bonjour Jean !

Rien ne s'y fait.
Nothing is done there.

rien ne = nothing
se faire = to do oneself / to be done
y = there

You can have a look at the following lessons:

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-say-no-one-and-nothing-personne-ne-and-rien-ne-negative-expressions

https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/the-adverbial-pronoun-y-means-there

I hope that's helpful!

Bonne journée !

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