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granite voidBOT
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trail coral
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TL;DR: "on" has two uses:

  1. an indefinite pronoun that refers to "people in general" or "some undefined 3rd party"
  2. an informal equivalent of "nous" (we)
visual vortex
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Ah ok

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If I don’t know someone but I wanna say them I would say « on »?

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on est bon

trail coral
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No, because in that case you're talking about a specific person, so you can't use "on"

visual vortex
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if I I’m talking to like a class I would say “on »?

trail coral
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What's the sentence you would say in English to that class?

visual vortex
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You are good on est bon?

trail coral
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"Vous êtes bons", assuming you're directly addressing the students.

"On" refers to people in general, kind of like the pronoun "one" in English.
For example: "Quand on va aux toilettes, on doit se laver les mains" (When one goes to the bathroom, one must wash their hands)

It can also refer to an unknwon person: "Merde, on m'a volé mon portefeuille" (Shit, my wallet was stolen / someone stole my wallet)

visual vortex
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Merci beaucoup

crystal flicker
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by far it's most common use in spoken french is as a substitute for nous

visual vortex
crystal flicker
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on est

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it always keeps its conjugation

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just like how you say "you are" not "you is"