Word
Je ne vois plus l'homme qui cherche son cabas.
Meaning
I no longer see the man looking for his shopping bag.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Je ne vois plus l'homme qui cherche son cabas.
je
I
l'homme
the man (m)
qui
who
chercher
to look for
Questions & Answers about Je ne vois plus l'homme qui cherche son cabas.
Why does the French sentence use qui cherche instead of a participle like cherchant?
In French, verbs of perception (like voir, entendre, regarder) are very often followed by a relative clause starting with qui to describe the action being perceived. While you could technically say l'homme cherchant, using qui cherche is the standard, natural way to express an action in progress, translating perfectly to 'the man looking for'.
The English translation says 'looking for.' Why is cherche in the present tense?
The action in the relative clause qui cherche happens at the exact same time as the main verb vois. Because French does not have a direct equivalent to the English '-ing' continuous tense, the simple present cherche directly acts as the translation for 'is looking for' when it follows the relative pronoun qui.
What exactly is a cabas? Is it different from a generic sac?
Could I say Je ne vois pas plus to mean 'I do not see anymore'?