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Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout.

Translation

I think his new look doesn't suit him at all



Analysis


je
     1. pron. I
trouve
     1. v. first-person singular present of trouver
     2. v. third-person singular present of trouver
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of trouver
     trouver
          1. v. to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
          2. v. to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
          3. v. to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
          4. v. to be found, to be situated, to be
          5. v. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
son
     1. n-m. sound
     2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
     3. n-m. bran
nouveau
     1. adj. new, novel
     2. n-m. new person, new thing
look
     1. n-m. a style; appearance; look
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
lui
     1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
     3. Participle. past participle of luire
va
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative active of aller
     2. v. second-person singular imperative of aller
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative active of vader
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of vader
     aller
          1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to
          2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
          3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
          4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
          5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.)
          6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
          7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
          8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
du
     1. contraction. contraction of de + le (t=of the)
     2. contraction. , translation=The bulge gives 9nine liters more than the point which corresponds to that of the diameter of the base indicated by the gauge (...)
     3. art. Forms the partitive article.
     de
          1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
          2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
          3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
          4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
          5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
          6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
          7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
          8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
          9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
          10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
          11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
          5. pron. (direct object) him, it
          6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
pas de
     1. prep. (Quebec, informal) without
tout
     1. adv. all
     2. det. all
     3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
     4. pron. everything
du tout
     1. adv. at all
     2. adv. (obsolete) entirely, absolutely
     3. interj. (informal) not at all
pas du tout
     1. adv. not at all, not in the least, by no means
     2. interj. not at all!




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