Breakdown of Cette voiture ne vaut plus rien.
la voiture
the car
ce
this (before a noun)
rien
nothing (ne ... rien)
ne... plus
(not) anymore / no longer
Questions & Answers about Cette voiture ne vaut plus rien.
This lesson is about il vaut mieux. Why does this sentence just use vaut?
How does the negation ne ... plus rien work? Isn't that a double negative?
In French, you can safely combine certain negative words to create specific meanings. ne ... plus means no longer or not anymore, and ne ... rien means nothing. When you put them together around a conjugated verb, ne [verb] plus rien translates smoothly to not [verb] anything anymore or no longer [verb] anything.
What is the infinitive of vaut, and is it irregular?
The infinitive is valoir (to be worth), and yes, it is highly irregular. In the present tense, it conjugates as: je vaux, tu vaux, il/elle/on vaut, nous valons, vous valez, ils/elles valent.
Just as a refresher, why do we use cette instead of ce for this car?