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Il ne pleut plus, mais je ne vais absolument rien faire.

Il ne pleut plus, mais je ne vais absolument rien faire.
It is not raining anymore, but I am going to do absolutely nothing.
From Lesson 111:Negative pronouns (ne... rien)·French

Questions & Answers about Il ne pleut plus, mais je ne vais absolument rien faire.

Why is rien before the infinitive faire?
When you use a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (like the near future je vais faire), the negative word rien goes between them. So it is je ne vais rien faire (I am going to do nothing), not je ne vais faire rien.
Where does the word absolument (absolutely) go in this negative structure?
Adverbs that modify a negative word (like absolument modifying rien) stay right next to it. Since rien goes between the conjugated verb (vais) and the infinitive (faire), absolument goes right before it, giving us je ne vais absolument rien faire.
Why is there no pas in Il ne pleut plus or je ne vais... rien faire?
Negative words like plus (anymore/no longer) and rien (nothing) take the place of pas. You use ne + verb + plus, or ne + verb + rien. Adding pas alongside them (like ne pleut pas plus) is incorrect, similar to a clunky double negative in English!
Why does the sentence start with il (he) if it is talking about the weather?
In French, weather expressions always use the impersonal pronoun il, which translates to "it" in this context. Just like in English you say "it is raining," in French you always say il pleut.

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