A question about one of the above sentences

Question

In the sentence above that says "Elle a une petite voix: on l'entend peu", why is that translated as "She has a small voice: We don't hear her much". I would have thought that "on l'entend peu" would have translated to 'we hear her much'. Would you please explain this? Thank you. Catherine

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Catherine -   Peu means little, so "on l'entend peu" can be translated as either "we hear her little" or, more idiomatically, "we don't hear her much."

Answer

It literally translates as 'we hear her little' which clearly isn't good English hence ' we don't hear her much'

Answer

I think that it is saying that we could hardly hear her. Or only just hear her so the effort off hearing her was a little Rather than the emphasis that should then be used.