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Je t'ai cherché partout.

Je t'ai cherché partout.
I looked for you everywhere.
From Lesson 216:Nowhere (ne... nulle part)·French

Breakdown of Je t'ai cherché partout.

chercher
to look for
partout
everywhere

Questions & Answers about Je t'ai cherché partout.

Why does partout go at the very end of the sentence instead of between ai and cherché?
Adverbs of place, such as partout (everywhere) and its negative opposite nulle part (nowhere), are placed after the past participle in the passé composé. This is different from short adverbs like souvent (often) or bien (well), which get tucked between the helping verb and the past participle.
The English translation says "looked for you," but I don't see a word for "for" in French. Why?
The French verb chercher inherently means "to look for" or "to seek." You never need to add a preposition like pour (for) after it.
Why is the word for "you" (t') placed before the verb?
In French, object pronouns usually go immediately before the conjugated verb. In a compound tense like the passé composé, the pronoun must go right before the helping verb. So, te (which becomes t' before the vowel in ai) is placed right before the helping verb.
Would the ending of cherché change if the person being spoken to is female?
Yes! In the passé composé with the helping verb avoir, the past participle must agree with the direct object if that object comes before the verb. Since the pronoun t' comes first, if the "you" being looked for is female, the sentence would be Je t'ai cherchée partout. Without context, it defaults to the masculine.

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