lui est arrivé

happened to him

→ lui
phrase Uncommon #10,099
happened to him Used to talk about something happening to a male person. The thing that happened is the grammatical subject, while lui means “to him.”
FR: Je ne sais pas ce qui lui est arrivé.
EN: I don't know what happened to him.

Savez-vous ce qu'il lui est arrivé?

Do you know what happened to him/her?

Il lui est arrivé quoi?

What happened to him?

Il lui est arrivé malheur.

Something bad happened to him.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Qu'est-ce qui lui est arrivé à la main?

What happened to his hand?

— Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)

Ils disent que ça lui est arrivé d'un coup.

They say it happened to him all of a sudden.

— The Strangers (2016)

Quelque chose de tragique lui est arrivé.

Something tragic happened to him.

— Masaan (2015)

Ben, il lui est arrivé de venir mais il a jamais été très net.

Well, he did come sometimes, but he was never very reliable.

— The Machinist (2004)

Je me demande si quoi que ce soit lui est arrivé.

I wonder if anything happened to him.

Je me demande toujours ce qu'il lui est arrivé.

I still wonder what happened to him.

Qu'est-ce qu'il lui est arrivé?

What happened to him?

— Parle avec elle (2002)

Il lui est arrivé quelque chose.

Something happened to him.

Quelque chose lui est arrivé.

Something happened to him.

Il ne m'a pas appelée, il lui est arrivé quelque chose.

He didn't call me; something must have happened to him.

— La piel que habito (2011)

Il lui est arrivé quelque chose?

Has something happened to him?

— The Chaser (2008)

Qu'est-ce qui lui est arrivé?

What happened to him?

— Caché (2005)

J'espère que rien ne lui est arrivé.

I hope nothing happened to him.

Je pense que quelque chose lui est arrivé.

I think something happened to him.

Je pense que ça lui est arrivé par accident.

I think it happened to him by accident.

Tu crois qu'il lui est arrivé quelque chose?

Do you think something happened to him?