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Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.
Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.
They're about the same. 'On' has replaced 'nous' in most situations.
In informal French, the subject pronoun "on" has all but replaced "nous".
I could imagine 'nous' being preferred in an exam, such as when talking about your family, for example.
Though either is proper French and should be okay.
Wdym has all
"has all but [verb]ed" is a turn of phrase that means "has pretty much completely [verb]ed"
They meant that "on" has almost completely replaced "nous" in informal French.
What would be the nearest translation for : une robe à guimpe. Thanks in advance
Why is it almost
Has all but replaced
Has done almost everything to replace it/Has pretty much replaced it.
It hasn't replaced it because 'nous' still exists in informal French, but it's close.
worth noting that there are cases where "on" could be used and not "nous", but anytime "nous" could be used it's just a matter of formality
Is there a time where either CANNOT be used like grammatically not to do with who ur talking to
When “on” means “we”, its corresponding object pronoun is “nous”.
So for example, it would be a grammar mistake to replace “nous” with “on” in “Il nous a parlé”.
I thought il was they why would u do il nous anyway wouldn’t that mean they we
"il nous a parlé" means "he spoke to us"
What does the nous mean here what’s the point bc doesn’t the il mean he
il a parlé = he spoke
il nous a parlé = he spoke to us
Ohh i see
Us
I forgot nous was us for a second sorry 😭 getting mixed up with vous
It can be a little confusing at first because 'nous' means both 'we/us'.
So you might encounter 'nous nous' or 'vous vous'.
Nous nous sommes dit que ... -> We told ourselves that ...
Vous vous êtes dit que ... -> You told yourselves that ...
You'll see it with reflexive verbs. You learned "je m'appelle...", right? Well, s'appeler is a reflexive verb.
Let's see it in the other persons:
Tu t'appelles
Il/elle/on s'appelle
Nous nous appelons
Vous vous appelez
Ils/elles s'appellent