ladiosadelgrannilo

[umbral bramble]

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[sharp fern]

No, it means "The first image books that we put under their eyes show them....
And the sentence isn't complete, the verb "montrer" is missing a direct object

[atomic dagger]

(pretty much what I said)

[deft crown]

It’s « Les premiers livres d’images [que nous leur mettons sous les yeux] leur montrent »

[vast niche]

The first picture books - that we put under their eyes - show them [...]

[atomic dagger]

dude this text is bonkers

[deft crown]

No, you assumed that « leur montrent » was repeating « nous » when it wasn’t since the conjugation would’ve been « montrons »

[atomic dagger]

OHHH

[deft crown]

The first picture books [that we put under their eyes] show (to) them …

[vast niche]

montrons?

[atomic dagger]

ok so it's not "us" who are showing them but "the eyes"?

[sharp fern]

the picture books are showing them something

the picture books (the ones we put in front of their eyes) show them....

[atomic dagger]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

OKKOOKOKOKKOKOKOKO yeah it makes a lot of sense now, the next sentence is the direct object indeed

I thought you said indirect object

like indirect object pronoun

[deft crown]

For the second phrase, it’s:
« … leur donner la nostalgie d’une unité [qu’ils sauront vite] révolue »
‘… giving to them the nostalgia of a unity that they’ll quickly know (to be) achieved/over/outdated’

[deft crown]

Yes montrons

[atomic dagger]

"the books show them, far before they meet them, bears, , elephants, horses, etcetc"

[deft crown]

note that « ils sauront » is ‘they will know’

‘they know’ would be « ils savent »

[sharp fern]

Makes sense. The picture books introduce the kids to exotic animals long before they ever get to see real life versions of these animals.

[atomic dagger]

indeed, indeed

[deft crown]

You can tell that « les yeux » is not a subject because it’s under a preposition

It works the same in English as well

[atomic dagger]

so it's like all these things disguise them into thinking we still keep this connection with animals, but they will soon know (when they grow up) it's actually over (if you read the previous post I made on this text you know what I'm talking about, the babel tower)

[deft crown]

Yeah

[atomic dagger]

👍

I just read 5% of the text

[deft crown]

Maybe you should change to another one?

Unless this is mandatory reading in which case I’ll pray for you

[atomic dagger]

believe me if it was up to me I would've chose another one

chosen*

[deft crown]

Je prierai pour que tu réussisses

[atomic dagger]

ldfskladfs

merci

I'll keep the posts coming as long as I don't give up

anyway it's not that bad, I feel accomplishment after understanding every word