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La première partie de ce paragraphe utilise l’imparfait, par exemple adorais, étais, allais, achetait, s’asseyait, étaient ce qui représente des actions qui continuent au passé.  Mais soudain le temps change pour les films de Marvel.  Quelle est la différence ? 

Would you say a doctor visites ses patients, OR il rend visite à ses patients?

Bonjour,

Regarding this portion of the lesson:

- Ça fait mal ? / Does it hurt? 
- Non, je ne sens rien. / No, I don't feel anything. 

- Est-ce qu'elle sent ça ? / Does she feel that?"

Could someone expound upon what's meant here by "in a larger sense" and also clarify whether sentir can be used to express feeling something specific (i.e. feeling + a noun)?

Some examples:

She felt the wind in her hair.

He felt her hand on his shoulder. 

I felt pain in my leg, and then fell. 

Merci d'avance!

This exercise uses the spelling "millieu" for "middle".  The phrase it is found in is "aux millieu de la salle". Is this an error or an accepted alternate spelling from the more usual "milieu"?

This question is probably for one of the admins:

I'm confused about the descriptors given in the headings of this lesson. In the intro it's stated: "The verb sentir and its reflexive form se sentir are used in a broad sense to express physical or emotional feelings (e.g. to smell good / to feel good)". The lesson headings that follow are "sentir bon / mauvais (physical)" and "se sentir bien / mal / mieux... (emotional)". To smell or sense something physiologically is indeed a physical process, however can one not also use se sentir bien/mal etc. to express "physical" feelings? (Per an example given in the lesson: "Mon fils était malade, mais il se sent mieux maintenant. / My son was ill, but he feels better now." ) 

Merci!

You list 'le mariage' twice, each with the same translation. Perhaps you intended one of them to be e.g. 'les noces', which clarification of the difference being made.

Hello!

Just a question regarding the usage of venir vs. être when saying where one is from: 

This lesson notes " To say which city you are from in French, you will use the following expression: Je viens de + [city]". One example given is "Je viens de Londres / I am from London". (And no alternative to "venir de" is mentioned in the lesson).  

However, a related lesson (À = To/in and De = From/of with cities in French (French Prepositions of Location)) gives an example using "être" to say where one is from: Je suis de La Rochelle / I'm from La Rochelle.

It seems there is a subtle difference in meaning (I am from vs. I come from), however in both of the above cases the translation given is "I am from". 

Could someone clarify if venir and être are interchangeable in this context, or if there are specific uses for each? 

I saw "paraître" followed by the past participle and not the infinitive in A Day In The Countryside.

"qui paraissaient occupés" was the answer while I had offered "qui paraissaient s'occuper"

Can you advise ?

In answer to this question...

"Marie vient demain" Now turn this sentence into a question, using "n'est-ce pas"
... I answered "N'est-ce pas que Marie vient demain?