Saturday, 31 May 2025


La vérité cachée sur les enfants en difficulté

The hidden truth about struggling children

Sentence 1

French: Les enfants sont malins.
English: Children are clever.

  • malins = clever, smart (basic adjective)

  • Simple present tense.

Sentence 2

French: Pas pour faire du mal, mais pour se protéger.
English: Not to do harm, but to protect themselves.

  • faire du mal = to do harm

  • se protéger = to protect oneself (reflexive verb)

Sentence 3

French: Quand quelque chose ne va pas, ils ne disent souvent rien.
English: When something is wrong, they often say nothing.

  • quelque chose = something

  • ne va pas = is not going well

  • ils ne disent rien = they say nothing

Sentence 4

French: Ils cachent le problème.
English: They hide the problem.

  • cacher = to hide

  • Simple present tense

Sentence 5

French: Ils jouent un rôle.
English: They play a role / pretend.

  • jouer un rôle = to pretend or act

Sentence 6

French: Et parfois, les adultes ne voient rien… jusqu’à ce qu’il soit trop tard.
English: And sometimes, adults see nothing… until it’s too late.

  • parfois = sometimes

  • jusqu’à ce que = until (used with subjunctive)

  • il soit = subjunctive of "être" (to be)

  • Advanced: just note this is a complex structure; learners can understand the meaning without mastering it yet.

Sentence 7

French: Par exemple : la vue.
English: For example: vision.

  • la vue = eyesight, vision

Sentence 8

French: Beaucoup d’enfants qui ont de mauvaises notes ne sont pas paresseux.
English: Many children who have bad grades are not lazy.

  • beaucoup de = many

  • mauvaises notes = bad grades

  • paresseux = lazy

Sentence 9

French: Ils ne voient pas bien.
English: They do not see well.

  • voir = to see

  • bien = well

Sentence 10

French: Ils plissent les yeux.
English: They squint.

  • plisser les yeux = to squint

Sentence 11

French: Ils copient sur un camarade.
English: They copy from a classmate.

  • copier sur = to copy from

  • camarade = classmate

Sentence 12

French: Ils écoutent beaucoup.
English: They listen a lot.

  • écouter = to listen

  • beaucoup = a lot

Sentence 13

French: Ils devinent.
English: They guess.

  • deviner = to guess

Sentence 14

French: Et ils disent toujours : « Je vois bien. »
English: And they always say: “I see well.”

  • toujours = always

  • je vois = I see

Sentence 15

French: Pourquoi ?
English: Why?

  • Easy question word.

Sentence 16

French: Parce qu’ils mentent.
English: Because they lie.

  • mentir = to lie (irregular verb)

Sentence 17

French: Pas méchamment.
English: Not meanly.

  • pas méchamment = not in a mean way

  • méchant = mean, bad

Sentence 18

French: Souvent, ils ont peur.
English: Often, they are afraid.

  • ils ont peur = they are afraid

  • Uses avoir (to have) for expressing fear

Sentence 19

French: Ils ne veulent pas déranger.
English: They don’t want to bother.

  • vouloir = to want

  • déranger = to disturb, bother

Sentence 20

French: Ils pensent que c’est normal de voir flou.
English: They think it’s normal to see blurry.

  • penser que = to think that

  • flou = blurry

Sentence 21

French: Ils font tout pour paraître normaux.
English: They do everything to seem normal.

  • faire tout = to do everything

  • paraître = to seem

  • normaux = plural of "normal"

Sentence 22

French: Et vous leur faites confiance.
English: And you trust them.

  • faire confiance à quelqu’un = to trust someone

  • leur = to them

Sentence 23

French: Alors vous les croyez.
English: So you believe them.

  • croire = to believe

  • les = them (object pronoun)

Sentence 24

French: Mais le problème reste.
English: But the problem stays.

  • rester = to remain, to stay

Sentence 25

French: Ce n’est pas juste pour les yeux.
English: It’s not just about the eyes.

  • ce n’est pas juste = it’s not just

  • pour les yeux = about the eyes

Sentence 26

French: Un enfant peut être harcelé et rester silencieux.
English: A child can be bullied and stay silent.

  • harcelé = bullied

  • rester silencieux = stay quiet

Sentence 27

French: Un autre peut avoir mal ou être très fatigué.
English: Another may be in pain or very tired.

  • avoir mal = to hurt

  • fatigué = tired

Sentence 28

French: Un autre peut avoir des troubles et les cacher.
English: Another may have problems and hide them.

  • avoir des troubles = to have difficulties

  • les cacher = to hide them

Sentence 29

French: Les enfants s’adaptent.
English: Children adapt.

  • s’adapter = to adapt (reflexive verb)

Sentence 30

French: Ils apprennent à faire semblant.
English: They learn to pretend.

  • faire semblant = to pretend

Sentence 31

French: Ils sont très bons pour cacher ce qu’ils ressentent.
English: They are very good at hiding what they feel.

  • cacher = to hide

  • ressentir = to feel

Sentence 32

French: Les adultes doivent faire attention.
English: Adults must pay attention.

  • devoir = must

  • faire attention = pay attention

Sentence 33

French: Regardez si l’enfant change.
English: Watch if the child changes.

  • regarder = to watch

  • changer = to change

Sentence 34

French: Si les notes baissent.
English: If grades go down.

  • baisser = to go down, drop

Sentence 35

French: S’il devient triste ou silencieux.
English: If he becomes sad or quiet.

  • devenir = to become

  • triste = sad

  • silencieux = quiet

Sentence 36

French: S’il donne de drôles d’excuses.
English: If he gives strange excuses.

  • drôle = funny / strange

  • excuses = excuses

Sentence 37

French: L’amour est important.
English: Love is important.

  • Very basic sentence

Sentence 38

French: Mais il faut aussi agir.
English: But we must also act.

  • il faut = one must / we must

  • agir = to act, to do something

Sentence 39

French: Poser des questions.
English: Ask questions.

  • poser une question = to ask a question

Sentence 40

French: Faire un test de vue.
English: Do a vision test.

  • faire un test = to do a test

Sentence 41

French: Parler à un médecin ou à un professeur.
English: Talk to a doctor or a teacher.

  • parler à = to talk to

Sentence 42

French: Parfois, une simple paire de lunettes peut tout changer.
English: Sometimes, a simple pair of glasses can change everything.

  • parfois = sometimes

  • tout changer = change everything

Sentence 43

French: L’enfant voit mieux.
English: The child sees better.

  • voir mieux = to see better

Sentence 44

French: Il apprend mieux.
English: He learns better.

  • apprendre mieux = to learn better

Sentence 45

French: Il est heureux.
English: He is happy.

  • heureux = happy

Sentence 46

French: Mais il ne vous le dira pas.
English: But he won’t tell you.

  • dire = to tell

  • vous le dira = will tell it to you

Sentence 47

French: C’est à vous de le voir.

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