was born
De son chagrin naquit une mer, puis un immense océan.
From her sorrow was born a sea, then a vast ocean.
— Le Chant de la mer (2014)
Maria naquit aveugle.
Maria was born blind.
Il naquit pauvre, mais mourut millionnaire.
He was born poor, but died a millionaire.
C'est là qu'elle naquit.
That’s where she was born.
Un enfant leur naquit.
A child was born to them.
Jésus naquit à Bethléem.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
C'est à Bethléem que Jésus naquit.
It was in Bethlehem that Jesus was born.