test question asked for "I feel nothing". I put "Je me sens rien" and it was marked incorrect. The correct answer was "Je sens rien". Please explain.
sentir vs se sentir
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Se sentir is used to express how one feels, not what one feels.
Je me sens vide. -- I feel empty.
Je ne sens rien. -- I feel nothing.
A bit more on this here: https://french.yabla.com/lesson-Feeling-in-French-Sentir-Se-sentir-Ressentir-670
Maarten Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
The difficulty is that in English, we will use "I feel nothing" as an emotional expression (equivalent to "I feel empty/down/flat etc" in English), but this doesn't translate to French as 'how' but 'what' as Chris notes.
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