Avoir mal
To express physical pain in French, you will use the expression avoir mal (literally "to have pain")
Avoir mal à + [partie du corps]
When the pain is localised, you use avoir mal à + le/la/l'/les followed by the part of the body that hurts.
Remember that à + le and à + les contract in au and aux .
ATTENTION:
The expression avoir mal au cœur does not mean you're having a heartache or a heart attack, but that you're feeling sick, like you want to throw up.
Case of œil and yeux :
Note that the irregular plural of œil is yeux.
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