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clear spire
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The object/reflexive pronoun doesn't change.

On s'est parlé <=> Nous nous sommes parlé

The tonic pronoun does though

Nous, on est allés au cinéma

tawdry anchor
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on is only a subject pronoun, you need nous for the object

vast burrow
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Ex: on nous a dit

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I think, idk grammar

clear spire
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Now there's a confusing sentence for someone asking this question missydoge

vast burrow
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I think native speakers should be banned from answering grammar questions ⁉️

clear spire
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Nah, natives are more than welcome to answer. No one's expected to know everything

vast burrow
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From now on, citrovitesse will answer each and every grammar question ‼️‼️

clear spire
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On était au parc et Marcel nous a dit qu'il voulait rentrer
might be a more clear example of the correct COI to use when on = nous

eager mica
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"On ne doit pas se parler" is correct?

radiant loom
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On nous a dit => someone said to us
On s'est dit => we said to ourselves

clear spire
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It is. But you should rephrase your question. The word "on" can never be an object, only a subject.

eager mica
clear spire
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It's ungrammatical. You just can't say "Il on a dit"

tawdry anchor
tawdry anchor
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(next semester)

wheat scarab
tawdry anchor
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rigfht mb

wheat scarab
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Also, if on was also an object pronoun, it would be included in the list but it isn't, the only way to express it is "nous".

clear spire
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When the subject pronoun "on" is being used as "nous"

  • COD: nous
  • COI: nous
  • tonic: nous
  • reflexive: se
wheat scarab
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The exception is the reflexive pronoun that must match itself to the sibject pronoun, so for "on", it is "se":

On se parle tous les jours

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Thanks to this particuarly, this kind of structure mens something different:

On nous a dit la même chose
Here, "on" means "they" rather than "we".

eager mica
# clear spire It's ungrammatical. You just can't say "Il on a dit"

ik that "on" is a subject pronoun, but what about its object pronous? ik that they are the same as the third person. So: le, la, lui, se for reflexive and soi for tonic.

But I can't think of any usage for these, except for the reflexive and for the tonic.

"On doit se parler"
"On doit avoir confiance en soi."

What about the others? Do one use them?

clear spire
eager mica
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and in the impersonal sense? without meaning "nous", but "one"