il ne pleut

it isn't raining

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it isn't raining Used with the impersonal verb pleuvoir, meaning “to rain.” The verb changes with the tense or mood: il ne pleuvra pas means “it won't rain,” and il ne pleuve pas means “it doesn't rain” or “it won't rain” in expressions such as pourvu qu'il ne pleuve pas.
FR: Il ne pleut pas aujourd'hui, alors nous pouvons sortir.
EN: It isn't raining today, so we can go out.

Il ne pleut presque pas.

It’s barely raining.

C'est un endroit où il ne pleut guère!

It's a place where it hardly ever rains!

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Il ne pleut plus, assieds-toi.

It's not raining anymore, sit down.

— Amarcord (1973)

Comme maintenant il ne pleut plus, nous pouvons aller à la maison.

Since it’s not raining anymore, we can go home.

Il ne pleut plus.

It’s not raining anymore.

Ici, il ne pleut presque jamais.

It almost never rains here.