A second verb for deeper feeling.
Ressentir is for emotions and deep sensations: « ressentir de la joie », « ressentir une douleur ». Sentir is more surface and more physical. Using ressentir where a native would say sentir sounds overwrought; the reverse sounds flat.
Sentir que takes the indicative, because it asserts an intuition: « je sens que ça va marcher ». It is the verb of gut feeling, and very common before a decision.
💡 Focus at this level: ressentir & sentir que
1. Ressentir for emotions and pain.
2. Sentir que + indicative. An intuition is still an assertion.
3. « Je sens que… » predicts. Often used just before being right.
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