i used avoir envie as it is a wish, a desire. question not say it was a medical necessity which would be avoir besoin de;
that was my understanding of difference between the two, is that not right?
wanting to lose weight
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Carol W.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
wanting to lose weight
This question relates to:French lesson "Avoir besoin de = To need (French Expressions with avoir)"
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Carol,
The example about losing weight in the Kwiz is -
Cette année Michael ___ perdre du poids ( This year, Michael needs to lose weight)
So it is clearly 'a besoin de', you cannot rewrite the text as this is not a free speech exercise.
Hope this helps!
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Carol,
I believe that "avoir envie de" is less strong than "avoir besoin de" in the sense that "envie" takes the meaning of "fancy doing something" whereas "besoin" suggests a "need" so I'm inclined to agree with your analysis of the two expressions.
Hope this helps,
Jim
Guneet M.Kwiziq community member
Why can't we use "doit" here? I would imagine devoir also works well in this case as he has to do something.
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