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Can we say mes pieds se blessent facilement instead of j’ai facilement mal aux pieds?

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Can we say mes pieds se blessent facilement instead of j’ai facilement mal aux pieds?

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Manpreet Kaur, 

As Chris says, it does sound odd in French.

Anyhow if you say -

Je me suis blessé le pied = I hurt my foot

it means quite a serious injury rather than just having foot ache.

J'ai mal aux pieds = my feet hurt/ my feet ache

Bonne Continuation!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I think this would sound like the feet themselves would engage in some kind of action of hurting themselves. Almost like self-mutilation.

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Can we say mes pieds se blessent facilement instead of j’ai facilement mal aux pieds?

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