How to Say ‘There isn't any more hot water.’ in French
Il n'y a plus d'eau chaude.
eel n ee ah ploo d oh showd
[eel n ee ah ploo d oh showd]
💬 Usage Tip: In [Il n'y a plus d'eau chaude], [plus] means "no more," not "more." Here you usually hear the final [s]: (ploos).
Phrase Breakdown
Il n'y a plus
eel n ee ah ploo
there is no longer / there isn't any more
A very common negative expression meaning something has run out or stopped existing.
Il n'y a plus de pain.
There is no more bread.
Words in this phrase
Il
[eel]
there
Part of the expression il y a, meaning there is or there are.
Il n'y a plus de pression non plus.
There is no more pressure either.
n'
[n]
not
Negative marker paired with plus.
N' attendez pas trop longtemps pour intervenir.
Do not wait too long to act.
y
[ee]
there
Pronoun used in il y a.
Y a-t-il un problème général dans l'immeuble ?
Is there a general problem in the building?
a
[ah]
is
Verb form in the expression there is.
Il y a une panne depuis ce matin.
There has been an outage since this morning.
plus
[ploo]
no more / no longer
Shows absence continuing now.
Le chauffage ne marche plus non plus.
The heating no longer works either.
D'eau chaude
d oh showd
of hot water
The de becomes d' before a vowel sound after plus.
Il n'y a plus d'eau chaude.
There is no more hot water.
Words in this phrase
d'
[d]
of / any
Contracted de before a vowel; after plus it often means any.
D' eau chaude, il n'en sort plus du tout.
As for hot water, none comes out anymore at all.
eau
[oh]
water
The noun water.
L'eau est glacée ce soir.
The water is icy tonight.
chaude
[showd]
hot
Feminine adjective used with eau.
L'eau chaude manque dans tout l'appartement.
Hot water is missing in the whole apartment.
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