Breakdown of Ne t'inquiète pas, tout va s'arranger.
tout
all, everything
s'inquiéter
to worry
arranger
to sort out, to suit
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Questions & Answers about Ne t'inquiète pas, tout va s'arranger.
Why is the verb s'arranger used here instead of just arranger?
The base verb arranger means to arrange, organize, or fix something. When used as a pronominal verb (s'arranger), it takes on an idiomatic meaning: to work itself out, to get sorted out, or to be fixed. This is a common way French uses reflexive verbs to express that something happens without a specific person doing the action.
Why does the pronoun t' come before the verb in Ne t'inquiète pas? Don't pronouns go after the verb in commands?
Pronouns go after the verb only in affirmative commands, where you would use a hyphen and a stressed pronoun (like inquiète-toi). However, in negative commands, the pronoun reverts to its standard position right before the conjugated verb, giving us ne t'inquiète pas.
In the phrase tout va s'arranger, why is the pronoun s' used with tout?
The word tout (everything) acts as a third-person singular subject, exactly like il or elle. Because the subject is third-person, the reflexive pronoun attached to the infinitive must be the third-person se, which contracts to s' before the vowel.
Does s'arranger only apply to situations, or can it be used for people too?