Explaining myself to the doctor: Explaining what you've already tried

🇫🇷 In France, people often say [docteur] directly as a form of address, like [Bonjour docteur]. That sounds normal and polite in a medical setting.

🇫🇷 [Bonjour docteur.] is the normal polite way to open the appointment. In France, starting with a greeting before launching into symptoms matters.

💬 [sens] sounds like (sahn): the final [s] is silent here. In phrases with [je me sens], French often drops that written ending in speech.

💬 French says [je ne me sens pas bien] where English uses [I don't feel well]. You can reuse [je me sens...] for how you feel: [Je me sens fatigué(e)].

💬 [Qu'] can't stand alone: it has to be joined to the next word, as in [qu'est-ce qui]. You see this before a vowel sound.

💬 [aller] often means [to go], but in [ne va pas] it means something like [isn't right]. You'll hear the same pattern in [Ça ne va pas].

💬 [Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?] is a fixed way to ask what's wrong, not literally about [going]. You can also hear the shorter [Ça ne va pas ?] in everyday speech.