“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” in French: “Je cherche un hôtel avec piscine et wifi.”

When to use it

Use it at a travel agency, a tourist office or on the phone to describe the hotel you want.

“I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi.” — The sentence in English

"I'm looking for a hotel with a pool and wifi" uses "I'm looking for", the present continuous of "look for". "A pool" needs the article in English.

I'm

contractionbe · tense: present · person: first · number: singular · contraction of "I am"

looking

verblook · form: -ing form · "am looking for" is an action happening now

for

prepositionpreposition; "look for" means "search"

a

determinerindefinite article

hotel

nounnoun

with

prepositionpreposition

a

determinerindefinite article

pool

nounnoun; a swimming pool

and

coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction

wifi

nounnoun

“Je cherche un hôtel avec piscine et wifi.” — The sentence in French

"Je cherche un hôtel avec piscine et wifi" uses the simple present "cherche". After "avec", French often leaves out the article when listing features: "avec piscine". "Hôtel" has a circumflex accent.

Je

pronounpersonal pronoun: "I"

cherche

verbchercher · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "I look for"; French uses the simple present where English uses "I'm looking for"

un

determinerindefinite article, masculine: "a"

hôtel

nounmasculine noun: "hotel"

avec

prepositionpreposition: "with"

piscine

nounfeminine noun: "swimming pool"

et

coordinating conjunctioncoordinating conjunction: "and"

wifi

nounmasculine noun: "wifi"

English × French: What changes from one language to the other

English says "with a pool"; French says "avec piscine", without an article. English uses the -ing form for the action now; French uses the simple present.

Example conversation