Translating On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur into Japanese

2. Adding avec le cœur ('with the heart'):

Starting point :

On voit les choses

人はものごとを見る hito wa monogoto o miru

The French 'Prepositional phrase' indicating instrument is expressed in Japanese as noun + で de 'with' (particle). Avec le cœur thus becomes 心で kokoro de.

The normal order in French is to place avec le cœur after the object. In Japanese it goes before the object, although it could actually be placed after the object without being felt strange.

Subject	Verb	Object	Prepositional phrase
on 'one'	voit 'sees'	les choses 'things'	avec le cœur 'with the heart'
Topic/Subject	Prepositional phrase	Object	Verb
人は hito wa 'person' (topic)	心で kokoro de 'with the heart'	ものごとを monogoto o 'things' (object)	見る miru 'look'

 

Result:

On voit les choses avec le cœur

人は心でものごとを見る hito wa kokoro de monogoto o miru

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