French language Q&A Forum

Is there a list of verbs that are followed by "a" ?....  such as demanded 

The expression "to make new sandals" is "faire de nouvelles sandales" 

To say I have new sandals made, the correct answer is "Je me fais faire de nouvelles sandales" but I don't understand why it is a reflexive verb. I would have thought the answer is "Je fais faire de nouvelles sandales"

How do l know when to use de in the sense of some although it isn't necessarily expressed in the English sentence eg je mange DE la confiture = l eat /am eating jam or perhaps peu d'élèves ?

il en existe toutes sortes - why isn't is  this : il en existent toutes sortes.

Thanks

Paul.

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!