S'occuper de and prendre soin de

Janet P.C1Kwiziq community member

S'occuper de and prendre soin de

Bonjour, I wrote 'Sonia va s'occuper de vous' and it was marked wrong and replaced with 'Sonia va prendre soin de vous' and yet in the replay s'occuper is used which is puzzling.

Asked 1 year ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

just for completeness' sake, here is a link to shed some light on the difference between the two phrases:

 https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/can-we-say-willian-a-pris-soin-de-la-dinde-instead-of-william-s-est-occupe-de-la-dinde

 

S'occuper de and prendre soin de

Bonjour, I wrote 'Sonia va s'occuper de vous' and it was marked wrong and replaced with 'Sonia va prendre soin de vous' and yet in the replay s'occuper is used which is puzzling.

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