Learn French: Vous cherchez vos groupes ? - Are you looking for your groups?

Vous cherchez vos groupes ?

Are you looking for your groups?

Breakdown of Vous cherchez vos groupes ?

your (formal/plural) (singular and plural forms: votre, vos)

le groupe

the group

Questions & Answers about Vous cherchez vos groupes ?

Why is it vos groupes instead of votre groupes?

The word vos means "your" when the things being owned are plural. Because groupes is plural, you must use vos. If you were looking for just one group, you would use the singular form: votre groupe.

Where is the word for "for" in this sentence?

The French verb chercher actually translates to "to look for". You don't need to add a word like pour (for) after it. The "for" is already built right into the verb!

Is vous talking to one person or a group of people here?

It could be either! Vous is used for "you all" (plural), but it is also the polite, formal "you" for a single person. Notice that we still use vos because the word groupes is plural, regardless of whether vous means one person or several.

The words are in the same order as a normal statement. How do we know it's a question?

In casual, spoken French, it is very common to ask a question simply by keeping the normal statement word order and raising the pitch of your voice at the end. You don't always have to flip the words around like Cherchez-vous... to ask a question.