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Ce musicien cherche un studio pour répéter.

Ce musicien cherche un studio pour répéter.
This musician is looking for a studio to rehearse.
From Lesson 98:Ongoing duration (depuis)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce musicien cherche un studio pour répéter.

Why isn't there a word for 'for' after cherche? Shouldn't it be 'cherche pour'?
In French, the verb chercher already means 'to look for' or 'to seek'. You don't need to add a preposition after it. So, 'is looking for a studio' is simply cherche un studio.
The lesson is about using depuis for 'for'. Why don't we use it here?
depuis is strictly used to talk about a duration of time (like 'for two hours' or 'since yesterday'). In this sentence, we aren't talking about time. Instead, we use pour + an infinitive verb to show purpose, which translates to 'in order to'. So, pour répéter means 'in order to rehearse'.
I thought répéter meant 'to repeat'. Does it mean 'to rehearse' here?
Yes! While répéter does mean 'to repeat', it is also the standard French verb for 'to rehearse' in a musical or theatrical context (essentially, repeating a performance to get it right). A rehearsal is called une répétition.
Why do we use Ce for 'this' instead of Cet?
Ce is the standard masculine singular word for 'this' or 'that'. You only change it to cet to make it easier to pronounce when the following masculine noun starts with a vowel or a silent H (like cet acteur). Because musicien starts with a consonant, we just use ce.

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