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Permalink Reply by Yannick on April 22, 2013 at 5:37pm    Oui. quelques exemples
Il m'est pénible de voir à quel point le gouvernement ne prete pas attention à nos attentes
Il m'est pénible d'entendre ma belle-mère se plaindre tous les jours
Il m'est pénible de porter le poids de telles responsabilités
Permalink Reply by alan gould on April 22, 2013 at 6:06pm    the dictionary has it as "I'm sorry to..." so I was thinking that someone might use it instead of "Je regrette..."
From your examples, my sense is that it's more literal -- "it pains me..."
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