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Don't say "Visiter quelqu'un" in French. It's a mistake.

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Hello everyone.

Welcome to this new French lesson.

Today, we're going to talk about a very common mistake that I see a lot in comments or hear a lot from non-French speakers.

In French, you don't visit someone. I'm visiting my best friend this weekend. He visited his parents for Christmas. No, in French, you visit a place but you don't visit someone.

Apart from a few exceptions, which you'll see at the end of this video. You can visit a museum, a country. I'd like to visit Greece.

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A city. I visited Rome last year. A monument, a house, an apartment, for example. If you're looking to buy or rent. That's all right. You're visiting places. For a person, you have to say visit. I visited my father last weekend. I'm visiting my brothers tonight. I'm visiting my best friend. There are a few exceptions where you can visit people. If people are sick or in a difficult situation.

I visit the prisoners at Baumettes every Wednesday.

I visit sick children in hospital. The doctor visits his patients in hospital, for example.

But you can also use the expression rendre visite in both cases.

That's it for today. It was a short video, but it was very important to emphasize the nuance because it's a very common mistake, even among people who speak French very well.

You're visiting a place, but you're also visiting someone. If you're new to the channel, don't forget to subscribe and activate the bell so you don't miss any of my videos.

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