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How do you say " to smell" in french?
How do you say " to smell" in french? The translator keeps coming up with sentir - but doesn't that mean to feel?
Sep 25, 2013 6:41 PM
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"to feel" et "to smell" se traduisent tous deux en français par : sentir.
Mais "to feel" signifie "avoir la sensation / le sentiment que..." on reste dans le domaine des sentiments. "I feel good" = je me sens bien. On utilise même volontiers le mot "feeling" dans le langage courant.
"to smell" signifie "sentir une odeur, un parfum" mais aussi "dégager une (bonne ou maivaise) odeur". On sent avec le nez. "it smells bad" = ça sent mauvais / ça pue
September 25, 2013
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Just to recapitulate it simply :
ça + sent = it smells
Subject + verb + something (ex : je sens une drôle d'odeur)= I smell ...
Subject + verb + que (ex : je sens que la situation se détériore) = I feel that...
Subject + pronoun + verb (ex : je me sens mal) = I feel ...
September 25, 2013
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