Usage examples of "rien" in French with translation to English

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Translations: all836 nothing474 anything160 no point5 other translations197
Pour une fois dans ma vie je fais une bonne action... Et ça ne sert à rien. For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
Ce livre ne sert à rien. That book is of no use.
Pour une fois dans ma vie je fais un bon geste... Et ça ne sert à rien. For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
Personne n'y comprend rien. No one can tell.
Ça ne sert à rien. It's no use.
Vous n'en savez rien. You don't know that.
Je ne te dois rien ! I don't owe you squat!
On n'y pourrait rien. That couldn't be helped.
Ce n'est pas rien It's something
Je ne vous dois rien ! I don't owe you squat!
Ça ne signifie vraiment rien. That's quite meaningless.
On n'y peut rien. It can't be helped.
Ce dictionnaire ne vaut rien. This dictionary isn't any good.
Tu n'en sais rien. You don't know that.
On n'y pouvait rien. That couldn't be helped.
Rien de cela n'est bon. None of this is good.
Je ne veux plus rien manger. I don't want to eat any more.
Je ne m'en rappelle rien. I do not remember any of it.
Je ne peux plus rien manger. I can't eat any more.
Je n'y suis pour rien. Don't blame me.
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