<on y va / allons-y>

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<on y va / allons-y>

[reef pebble]

Uhhh they are synonyms and they mean basically the same thing and both mean either lets go or here we go

On y va, on a des devoirs à faire!

Allons-y ensemble, l’école et juste là bas

[dawn lantern]

I saw one person online (I think Reddit but maybe quora, can't remember now) that on y va is more like a suggestion and allons-y is more like a command but when I tried looking for more people saying the same (or different) I found some differing views. Some posts say they're synonyms and some say they're not interchangeable and I want to try and make sure I don't use one when I shouldn't or where it sounds wrong. Would you say they're fully interchangeable?

[north forge]

Allons-y is almost formal

On y va is quite informal

Imo

@dawn lantern

Allons uses 1st person plural for the subject, which is completely lost in informal speech

It's in imperative and there's no imperative form for on (3rd person singular) so it has to be on y va but it's really the same sentence

So it's basically the same difference as between on and nous

[dawn lantern]

Ah ok, thanks

[reef pebble]

Ohhh ur right, i hadn’t noticed the informal and formal speech 👌