Word
C'est la salle de bain pour laquelle j'ai acheté un miroir.
Meaning
It is the bathroom for which I bought a mirror.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of C'est la salle de bain pour laquelle j'ai acheté un miroir.
je
I
un
a / an (masculine)
pour
for
avoir
to have
Questions & Answers about C'est la salle de bain pour laquelle j'ai acheté un miroir.
Why use laquelle here instead of lequel?
Could I put pour at the end of the sentence, like we do in English ("the bathroom I bought a mirror for")?
No, French never leaves a preposition dangling at the end of a clause. While in English we can say "the bathroom I bought a mirror for," in French you must literally say "the bathroom for which I bought a mirror" (la salle de bain pour laquelle). The preposition must always sit right in front of the relative pronoun.
Why does the sentence start with C'est instead of Elle est, since a bathroom is feminine?
Is it also correct to write salle de bains with an s at the end?
Yes, both spellings are totally correct and common! salle de bains (room of baths) is the traditional spelling, while salle de bain (room of bathing) is also officially accepted and used everywhere.