| French > English |
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| il n'y a pas de quoi |
| 1. interj. don't mention it, not at all, think nothing of it, you're welcome |
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| French > French |
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| il n'y a pas de quoi |
| 1. v. (Impersonnel) (Familier) Il n'y a pas un sujet ou un motif suffisant pour. |
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| L'Argentine est pliée en deux lorsque, devant mon café au lait, je déplie mon journal et vois, avec le fou rire, qu'il n'y a pas de quoi rire! |
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| 2. v. Formule de politesse donnée en réponse à un remerciement ou à des excuses. |
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| Analysis |
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| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) |
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| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammarically masculine objects) |
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| 3. pron. Impersonal subject; it |
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| Il pleut. - It’s raining. |
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| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with the verbs pouvoir, m) |
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| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a subsequent element following; see Usage Notes, below) |
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| 3. part. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-c |
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| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative |
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| apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense - learning French is easier than you think |
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| y |
| 1. pron. there (at a place) |
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| Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there. |
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| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) |
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| Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there. |
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| 3. pron. (ngd, Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object.) |
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| a |
| 1. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of elle she |
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| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir |
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| Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. |
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| avoir |
| 1. n. asset, possession |
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| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) |
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| J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. |
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| 3. v. (intransitive, with à) to have (to), must |
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| J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you. |
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| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep |
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| 2. n-m. (geography) strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, Strait of Dover) |
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| 3. adv. (ne ... pas) not |
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| Je ne sais pas. - I don't know |
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| 4. adv. (colloquial) not |
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| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) |
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| Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. |
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| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) |
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| Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works |
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| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife. |
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| quoi |
| 1. pron. what (oblique pronoun) |
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| 2. pron. (slang) aught, anything, something |
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| Y'a quoi à faire en Angleterre? Il n’y a pas de quoi. |
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| Is there aught to do in England? No, there is not. |
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| 3. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know. |
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