“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.” in French

When to use it

Use it on a Sunday, when most pharmacies are closed, to find one that is open (a "pharmacie de garde").

The sentence in English (“I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday.”)

"I'm looking for a pharmacy open on Sunday" uses the present continuous, "am looking", for something happening now. "Look for" means search. "Open on Sunday" describes the pharmacy.

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

pharmacy

nounnoun

open

adjectiveadjective; in English a shop "is open"

on

prepositionpreposition used with days of the week

Sunday

proper nounproper noun; days of the week take a capital letter

The sentence in French (“Je cherche une pharmacie ouverte le dimanche.”)

"Je cherche une pharmacie ouverte le dimanche" uses the simple present "cherche", from "chercher", which already means "look for". "Ouverte" is feminine to agree with "pharmacie". "Le dimanche" means on Sundays.

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"

une

determinerindefinite article, feminine: "a"

pharmacie

nounfeminine noun: "pharmacy"

ouverte

adjectiveadjective, feminine: "open"; it agrees with "pharmacie"

le

determinerdefinite article, masculine: "the"

dimanche

nounmasculine noun: "Sunday"; "le dimanche" means "on Sundays"

What changes from one language to the other (English × French)

French uses the simple present where English uses the -ing form. "Chercher" needs no preposition; English needs "look for". English uses "on" before days; French uses the article "le".

Example conversation