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Elle cherche un partenaire romantique pour qui l'humour est un critère.

Elle cherche un partenaire romantique pour qui l'humour est un critère.
She is looking for a romantic partner for whom humor is a criterion.
From Lesson 241:Relative clauses with prepositions (à qui, avec qui)·French

Questions & Answers about Elle cherche un partenaire romantique pour qui l'humour est un critère.

Why do we use pour qui here instead of pour que or pour lequel?
When a relative pronoun follows a preposition (like pour, avec, or à) and refers to a person, we use qui. Since the romantic partner is a person, pour qui (for whom) is the required structure here. You could technically use pour lequel, but pour qui is much more natural and common for people.
Why isn't there a French word for "for" after cherche?
The French verb chercher translates to "to look for" or "to seek". The "for" is already built right into the verb itself! Adding pour after chercher is a very common trap for English speakers, but you should connect the verb directly to the thing you are looking for.
Why is there an l' in front of humour?
In English, we usually drop the article when talking about a general concept like "humor" or "love". In French, however, abstract concepts and generalizations always require a definite article (le, la, l', or les). Since humour starts with a mute H, it takes l'.
critère looks like "criteria", which is plural in English. Is it plural here?
No, un critère is singular, meaning "a criterion". (In English, "criteria" is actually the plural form, though native speakers often mix them up!). If she had multiple requirements, the plural in French would simply be des critères.

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