Ch 5 · Lesson 9

voir or regarder?

Seeing happens to you. Looking is something you do.

The rule

is what the eyes do without permission: to see. takes intent: to look at, to watch. English keeps see and look apart too, but learners reach for when they mean because it feels like the more active, more French choice.

Pick the right one

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Pick the right one: voit or regarde.

  1. Il ne rien d'ici.

  2. Elle me sans rien dire.

  3. On se demain ?

  4. -moi quand je te parle.

  5. Elle ne pas ce que je veux dire.

  6. Il l'heure tout le temps.

Lesson 9 of 32 in this chapter

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