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

5. Adding bien ('well, clearly'):

Starting point:

[On] ne peut voir les choses qu'avec le cœur

ものごとは心で見なくちゃ見えない monogoto wa kokoro de minakucha mienai

The adverb bien is easily expressed in Japanese with よく yoku, a form of the adjective よい yoi 'good' that here is adverbial in function. It comes before the verb.

	A		B
Topic	Instrument	Verb (Conditional)	Adverbial	Verb (negative)
ものごとは monogoto wa 'thing' (topic)	心で kokoro de 'with the heart'	見なくちゃ minakucha 'if not look'	よく yoku 'well'	見えない mienai 'not able to see'

 

Result:

[On] ne peut voir bien les choses qu'avec le cœur

ものごとは心で見なくちゃよく見えない monogoto wa kokoro de minakucha yoku mienai

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