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mccoyrachel

28 nov 2022

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

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sentire - hear, feel, sense, taste.

How do you know context? Is it primarily used as ‘sense’?

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Petricore

28 nov 2022

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Italiano

@mccoyrachel "sento l'oceano" can never mean "to see the ocean", we don't use sentire for seeing and tasting. If you say it like that, I would instinctively think that you hear the ocear, if you mean something else, you need to specify "sento l'odore dell'oceano"

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miko_4479

28 nov 2022

Italiano

i don't know if sense can be used for tastes too,but mainly yes.for example,hear:"senti il cinguettio degli uccelli?(can you hear the birds's chirping?)feel(idk if feel is meant as touch):"come ti senti?(usually if you're feeling sick)"(what do you feel?there isn't a real translation).For taste I don't really know,I never heard someone using sentire in that way

Petricore

28 nov 2022

Italiano

@mccoyrachel it can be used for hearing, feeling and smelling, but not for tasting. Certainly we understand which one it is from the context

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mccoyrachel

28 nov 2022

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

@Petricore you can hear the ocean, you can feel the ocean, you can even smell the ocean. If someone is describing this, without context, how do you know which sense they are describing?

Petricore

28 nov 2022

Italiano

@mccoyrachel "sento l'oceano" can never mean "to see the ocean", we don't use sentire for seeing and tasting. If you say it like that, I would instinctively think that you hear the ocear, if you mean something else, you need to specify "sento l'odore dell'oceano"

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mccoyrachel

28 nov 2022

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

@Petricore grazie, credo di capire

Indiana_il_Cane

28 nov 2022

Italiano

You don't. There is also a joke.

"Dottore, mi sento male!"
(Doctor, I feel/hear myself badly)
"Allora provi ad alzare il volume."
(Then try to turn up your volume.)

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@mccoyrachel "sento l'oceano" can never mean "to see the ocean", we don't use sentire for seeing and tasting. If you say it like that, I would instinctively think that you hear the ocear, if you mean something else, you need to specify "sento l'odore dell'oceano"

@mccoyrachel it can be used for hearing, feeling and smelling, but not for tasting. Certainly we understand which one it is from the context

@mccoyrachel "sento l'oceano" can never mean "to see the ocean", we don't use sentire for seeing and tasting. If you say it like that, I would instinctively think that you hear the ocear, if you mean something else, you need to specify "sento l'odore dell'oceano"

You don't. There is also a joke."Dottore, mi sento male!"(Doctor, I feel/hear myself badly)"Allora provi ad alzare il volume."(Then try to turn up your volume.)

sentire - hear, feel, sense, taste.

How do you know context? Is it primarily used as ‘sense’?

You don't. There is also a joke.

"Dottore, mi sento male!"
(Doctor, I feel/hear myself badly)
"Allora provi ad alzare il volume."
(Then try to turn up your volume.)