on ou nous

jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

on ou nous

in this context, if you were speaking of yourself and your partner, would you use 'on'? I thought that on was used as a more general term as we can use 'one' in English.

This question relates to:French writing exercise "Conversation between friends"

Freeform Writing Exercise B2

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Jennifer,

You sure can use 'on' when talking about yourself and your partner....

Take a look at the following Kwiziq lesson which will explain in more details -

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/on-can-mean-we-one-and-people

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jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thank you Cécile

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on ou nous

in this context, if you were speaking of yourself and your partner, would you use 'on'? I thought that on was used as a more general term as we can use 'one' in English.

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