(...) what he gives them to play is very organic and idiomatic.

The Chinese have found that the better their children know English, the less they use idiomatic expressions in Chinese.

Gozman told TJournal that the majority of his classmates could be described as chotkiye patsany, an idiomatic phrase that can be roughly translated as streetwise kids, and that some are even gopniki, or urban thugs whose vernacular is famously crass.

I don't want this to sound too negative though, because it does get easier and sticking at it is definitely worth it! Andrew Kowalczuk French is one of the most idiomatic languages, and there are thousands of them, too many to study, so you have to learn gradually from context.