Pour with nouns and pronouns
French preposition
Pour can be followed by a noun, pronoun, or infinitive. When it is followed by a noun or pronoun, it usually means for. It can indicate all of the following:
| I. | Purpose/Intention | |
| J'ai acheté un cadeau pour toi. | I bought you a gift. | |
| Il l'a fait pour moi. | He did it for me. | |
| II. | Duration of future event (temporal preposition) | |
| Je vais y habiter pour un an. | I'm going to live there for a year. | |
| Il parlera pour une heure. | He will speak for an hour. | |
| III. | In favor of | |
| Il est pour la peine de la mort. | He is in favor of the death penalty. | |
| J'ai voté pour Chirac. | I voted for Chirac. | |
| IV. | Direction | |
| Il est parti pour Ottawa. | He left for Ottawa. | |
| Voici le train pour Rouen. | Here's the train to Rouen. | |
| V. | Point of view | |
| Pour nous, c'est une bonne idée. | For us, it's a good idea. | |
| Il est tout pour moi. | He is everything to me. | |
| VI. | Cause | |
| Je suis condamné pour vol. | I was convicted of theft. | |
| Ce magasin est fermé pour réparations. | This store is closed for repairs. | |
| VII. | In place of / In exchange for | |
| J'ai payé pour nous. | I paid for us. | |
| Il doit signer pour moi. | He has to sign for me. | |
| VIII. | Comparison/Relationship | |
| Un pour cent | One per hundred | |
| Il fait chaud pour l'automne. | It's hot for the fall. | |
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