Sentar / Sentir
I have three questions on the DELE simulation test.
Could you please explain these for me? Thank you so much!

1. Why "sentar" is the correct verb in this sentence and why can't we use "sentir" ?
2. What does it mean by 【el verbo "sentir" necesita un sujeto personal que no puede ser 'todo'】?
3. "Sentar mal" means 'cannot seat' (because her stomach does feel well)?

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〈Tarea〉
Tuve un problema en el estómago. No podía comer nada, todo me _______ mal.

〈Pregunta〉
A. sentía
B. encontraba
C. sentaba

〈Solución〉
La respuesta correcta es [C] "sentaba."
Elegimos el verbo "sentar mal" porque el sujeto de la frase es 'todo.' Descartamos [A] porque es el verbo "sentir" y no "sentar" y necesita un sujeto personal que no puede ser 'todo,' lo mismo ocurre con "encontrarse."

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Sentar / Sentir
I have three questions on the DELE simulation test. 
Could you please explain these for me? Thank you so much!

1. Why "sentar" is the correct verb in this sentence and why can't we use "sentir" ?
2. What does it mean by 【el verbo "sentir" necesita un sujeto personal que no puede ser 'todo'】?
3. "Sentar mal" means 'cannot seat' (because her stomach does feel well)?

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〈Tarea〉
Tuve un problema en el estómago. No podía comer nada, todo me _______ mal.

〈Pregunta〉
A. sentía
B. encontraba
C. sentaba

〈Solución〉
La respuesta correcta es [C] "sentaba."
Elegimos el verbo "sentar mal" porque el sujeto de la frase es 'todo.' Descartamos [A] porque es el verbo "sentir" y no "sentar" y necesita un sujeto personal que no puede ser 'todo,' lo mismo ocurre con "encontrarse."

Answer

sentar mal 食物消化得不好
sentar bien 食物消化得好

所以C是最合適的答案
我的胃出了問題，我不能吃東西，因為我消化不良

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＞Fernando
Me has explicado muy claro y ahora lo entiendo! Muchísimas gracias por las explicaciones y los ejemplos.

＞paco
Muchas gracias por la referencia! Lo entiendo mejor!

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you may take a look here
https://www.espanolavanzado.com/significados/2219-sentar-mal-significado

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"Sentar" usually means "to sit"  but in this context  "sentar mal" means "that something makes you sick".
In that sentence says "Todo me setanba mal" so it means that "everything was making me sick". So, she has a stomach problem and she couldn't eat anything because everything was making her sick.

"Sentir mal" which means "feel bad" cannot be used in this context that's usually used in this way.
I feel good. (Me siento mal) 
She feels bad. (Se siente mal)

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