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==Sense / Meaning / Semantics==
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===direct your gaze at / regarder===
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In the imperative mode, <span style="color:maroon;">look</span> is most often translated as <span style="color:darkgreen;">regarder</span>.
  
When <i>look</i> is not followed by a particle or directional preposition, it is an <i>attributive</i> verb.
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It is sometimes translated as <span style="color:darkgreen;"><i>Écoute(z)!</i></span>, (see "discourse marker" below)
  
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===appear / sembler===
  
<b>Present tense:</b>
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When  <span style="color:maroon;">look</span> is not followed by a particle or directional preposition, it is an <i>attributive</i> verb, often translated as <span style="color:darkgreen;">avoir l'air de</span>
  
<span style="color:darkgreen;">I / We / You / They...</span>
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*look + ADJ
*look + ADJ // don't look + ADJ
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*look + like + Noun / Pronoun / Sentence
  
<span style="color:darkgreen;">He / She / It / That / This ...</span>
 
  
*look<span style="color:maroon;">s</span> + ADJ // do<span style="color:maroon;">es</span>n't look + ADJ
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*You look sleepy.  <i>tu as l'air fatigué</i>
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*It looks like a trap.  <i>ça a l'air d'être un piège</i>
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*She looks like you.  <i>Elle te ressemble // elle ressemble (plus) à toi</i>
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*They looked like they were exhausted.  <i>Ils avaient l'air d'être vannés.</i>
  
<b>Past tense:</b>
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===Look + preposition = regarder ===
  
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Except in orders (imperative mode, see above), look is followed by a preposition, most commonly "at" 
  
*look<span style="color:maroon;">ed</span> + ADJ / d<span style="color:maroon;">id</span>n't look + ADJ
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*He looked at his hands.  They were dirty.
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*I looked at the clock and realized I was late.
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*They asked me to look at this.
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It is often used with other directional / situational prepositions (under, out, on, in, over, through, etc.)
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*I looked  <span style="color:maroon;">in</span> the dresser,  <span style="color:maroon;">under</span> the bed,  <span style="color:maroon;">on</span> the desk, everywhere.  I'm sorry I couldn't find your brush.  Are you sure it isn't in your bag?
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*They looked  <span style="color:maroon;">out</span> the window and across the street.
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*He looked right  <span style="color:maroon;">through</span> us, as if we weren't there.
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*When you look  <span style="color:maroon;">through</span> a telescope, close your other eye.
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===Look + particle = ???===
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*look for: <i>chercher</i>
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*look up: <i>rechercher</i> 
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*look through: <i>parcourir</i>
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*look over: <i>parcourir</i>, <i>avoir vue sur</i>
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*look into:  <i>enquêter</i>
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*look on: <i>être spectateur</i>  (compare to above)
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*look up to: <i>être admiratif de</i>
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*look out for:  <i>etre à l'affût de</i>
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*look back on:  <i>se rappeler qqch</i>
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*look forward to:  <i>attendre avec impatience</i>  (nb:  look forward to Ving.)
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etc.
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==conjugation / grammar / syntax==
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===Present tense===
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<span style="color:maroon;">I / We / You / They...</span>
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*look
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*don't look
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<span style="color:maroon;">He / She / It / That / This ...</span>
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*look<span style="color:darkgreen;"><u><b>s</b></u></span>
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*do<span style="color:darkgreen;"><u><b>es</b></u></span>n't look
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===Past tense===
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*look<span style="color:darkgreen;"><u><b>ed</b></u></span>
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*d<span style="color:darkgreen;"><u><b>id</b></u></span>n't look
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===Participles===
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*<span style="color:darkblue;">present:</span>  look<u>ing</u>
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*<span style="color:darkblue;">past:</span>:  look<u>ed</u>  [<span style="color:darkgreen;">lʊkt</span>]
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===Grammar / syntax===
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Look
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*can be intransitive (followed by nothing)
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*cannot be followed directly by a conjugated verb or the verbal base
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*can be followed directly by an adjective (or verbal participles)
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*can be followed directly by "[[like]]" + N, Pronoun, Sentence.
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=Noun=
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==glance==
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*have a (quick / long / good) look at a problem
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*We gave another house a look, but we didn't like it as much.
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==appearance==
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*That's a pretty cool look.  I like the colors.
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=Discourse Marker=
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As mentioned above "look" is a discourse marker demanding particular attention to the speech that follows. 
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*Look.  I'm not going.  <i>Écoute, je n'y vais pas.  ( C'est tout / point barre / etc. )</i>
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 2 November 2013

Verb

Sense / Meaning / Semantics

direct your gaze at / regarder

In the imperative mode, look is most often translated as regarder.

It is sometimes translated as Écoute(z)!, (see "discourse marker" below)

appear / sembler

When look is not followed by a particle or directional preposition, it is an attributive verb, often translated as avoir l'air de

  • look + ADJ
  • look + like + Noun / Pronoun / Sentence


  • You look sleepy. tu as l'air fatigué
  • It looks like a trap. ça a l'air d'être un piège
  • She looks like you. Elle te ressemble // elle ressemble (plus) à toi
  • They looked like they were exhausted. Ils avaient l'air d'être vannés.

Look + preposition = regarder

Except in orders (imperative mode, see above), look is followed by a preposition, most commonly "at"

  • He looked at his hands. They were dirty.
  • I looked at the clock and realized I was late.
  • They asked me to look at this.

It is often used with other directional / situational prepositions (under, out, on, in, over, through, etc.)

  • I looked in the dresser, under the bed, on the desk, everywhere. I'm sorry I couldn't find your brush. Are you sure it isn't in your bag?
  • They looked out the window and across the street.
  • He looked right through us, as if we weren't there.
  • When you look through a telescope, close your other eye.

Look + particle = ???

  • look for: chercher
  • look up: rechercher
  • look through: parcourir
  • look over: parcourir, avoir vue sur
  • look into: enquêter
  • look on: être spectateur (compare to above)
  • look up to: être admiratif de
  • look out for: etre à l'affût de
  • look back on: se rappeler qqch
  • look forward to: attendre avec impatience (nb: look forward to Ving.)


etc.

conjugation / grammar / syntax

Present tense

I / We / You / They...

  • look
  • don't look

He / She / It / That / This ...

  • looks
  • doesn't look

Past tense

  • looked
  • didn't look

Participles

  • present: looking
  • past:: looked [lʊkt]

Grammar / syntax

Look

  • can be intransitive (followed by nothing)
  • cannot be followed directly by a conjugated verb or the verbal base
  • can be followed directly by an adjective (or verbal participles)
  • can be followed directly by "like" + N, Pronoun, Sentence.

Noun

glance

  • have a (quick / long / good) look at a problem
  • We gave another house a look, but we didn't like it as much.

appearance

  • That's a pretty cool look. I like the colors.

Discourse Marker

As mentioned above "look" is a discourse marker demanding particular attention to the speech that follows.

  • Look. I'm not going. Écoute, je n'y vais pas. ( C'est tout / point barre / etc. )