Word
Nous cherchons la sortie, mais elle n'est nulle part.
Meaning
We are looking for the exit, but it is nowhere.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nous cherchons la sortie, mais elle n'est nulle part.
être
to be
elle
she
mais
but
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
Questions & Answers about Nous cherchons la sortie, mais elle n'est nulle part.
Why is nulle part placed after the verb here?
The negative structure ne... nulle part surrounds the conjugated verb. In this sentence, n' goes before the verb est, and nulle part goes directly after it. It works similarly to ne... pas to mean "is nowhere" or "isn't anywhere".
Would it be wrong to include pas and say elle n'est pas nulle part?
Yes, that would be incorrect. The expression nulle part completely replaces pas. If you use both, you create a double negative that essentially means "is not nowhere".
Why isn't there a word for "for" after cherchons?