Learn French: Cet aliment respecte la restriction du client pour qui je cuisine. - This food respects the restriction of the client for whom I cook.

Cet aliment respecte la restriction du client pour qui je cuisine.

This food respects the restriction of the client for whom I cook.

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Questions & Answers about Cet aliment respecte la restriction du client pour qui je cuisine.

Why use aliment here instead of nourriture?

Nourriture refers to food in a general, collective sense. Aliment refers to a specific type of food, foodstuff, or ingredient. Since we are talking about a specific item meeting a dietary restriction, aliment is the most precise word to use.

Is it normal to say a food respecte a restriction in French?

Yes. While in English we might say a food complies with or meets a restriction, French commonly uses respecter for following or adhering to rules, diets, and restrictions, even when the subject doing the respecting is an inanimate object like food.

Why is it pour qui instead of pour lequel?

When the object of a preposition is a person, like the client here, it is standard to use qui. You could grammatically use pour lequel, but pour qui is much more natural. If the client were a company or a non-human entity, you would have to use pour laquelle or pour lequel.

Wait, isn't cuisine a noun meaning kitchen?

It is often a noun, but here it is the conjugated form of the verb cuisiner, which means to cook. So je cuisine simply translates to I cook or I am cooking.