jowiltyk

[frozen shoal]

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[distant bobcat]

Nous et on prennent de différentes conjugaisons ; « nous » a sa propre conjugaison (la première personne au pluriel) pendant que « on » a la conjugaison de la troisième personne au singulier.

Il/elle/on prend
Nous prenons

[wanton belfry]

i still dont really get it

can you give an example?

[distant bobcat]

Conjugation means that every person has its own verbal form. For example, the first person plural (nous) form of the verb « être » in the present tense is « sommes » whereas the second person singular (tu) form is « es ». These forms are fixed so you can’t reverse them and say, « tu sommes / nous es », that doesn’t work. The pronoun « on » is the third person singular and so takes its form: « est » using the verb « être » whereas the pronoun « nous » is the first person plural and takes its appropriate form « sommes ».

This means that though « on » often replaces « nous » as a subject pronoun, their conjugations cannot mix. Therefore, « on est » and « nous sommes » are two valid ways to say ‘We are’ even though the conjugation is different.

[wanton belfry]

ahh okay i get it now, thanks for making it simple!

sflr!

[distant bobcat]

No worries. Do note that there are more nuance to this, especially when it comes to past participle agreement, but that should be the basics.