Madeline
Sentir and éprouver Pouvez-vous me dire quelle est la différence entre Sentir et Eprouver? Qui est utilisé plus?
Jun 16, 2014 2:48 AM
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Éprouver sounds a bit more sophisticated and possibly less common. You can express a range of feeling with it: J'éprouve du chagrin (sadness). J'éprouve de la difficulté (I have some difficulties). J'éprouve de la douleur (pain). J'éprouve de la tendresse (tenderness). Sentir is both to feel and to smell. A bit more tricky, as once a student told me "Je sens très mauvais" (I smell really bad) when she meant to say "Je ME sens très mal" (I feel really bad). So for feeling, it needs a pronoun! "se sentir". I usually use "se sentir" only when giving a very vague answer: "je me sens bien (good). je me sens en forme (in shape). Je me sens mal (bad)." I would rather use real feelings directly otherwise, like "je suis triste" (sad) "je suis fatiguée" (tired) but there is no rule saying you can't say "je me sens fatigué" or "je me sens triste".
June 16, 2014
pour moi, feel = sentir, par exemple, I feel good = je me sens bien. je sais pas comment utiliser eprouver...
June 16, 2014
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