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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.

Example

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.

Example

Il n'y a plus de pression non plus.

There is no more pressure either.

n'

[n]

not

Negative marker paired with plus.

Example

N' attendez pas trop longtemps pour intervenir.

Do not wait too long to act.

y

[ee]

there

Pronoun used in il y a.

Example

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.

Example

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.

Example

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.

Example

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.

Example

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.

Example

L'eau est glacée ce soir.

The water is icy tonight.

chaude

[showd]

hot

Feminine adjective used with eau.

Example

L'eau chaude manque dans tout l'appartement.

Hot water is missing in the whole apartment.

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