【代词ON】法语中的无人称代词ON（2）

 法语中的无人称代词ON（1）

 

The Pronoun ON in French

 

 

 3. ON INSTEAD OF A PRONOUN

 

 

 

On instead of Nous (we)

 

Coucou, on est là = coucou, nous sommes là: hello, here we are!

On est venus à pied: we came by foot

On est très contentes: we are very happy

On s’en fiche: who cares!

 

The use of “on” is more familiar in a conversation

 

 

On instead of Tu or Vous (you)

 

Alors, on ne dit pas bonjour à son papa? well, you don’t say hello to your dad?

On ouvrira son livre à la page 200: you will open you book page 200.

On ne dort pas de cette chaleur: you can’t sleep in this heat.
On ne lui donnerait pas 90 ans: you wouldn’t think she is 90.

On se calme! calm down!

On se dépêche: hurry up!
On ne t’a rien demandé: nobody asked you for your opinion

 

(writers also use “on” instead of “je”)

 

4. ON AND L’ON

 

We sometimes use l’on instead of on, it is just a question of pronunciation, what we call euphony.

 

Generally we use “l’on” after words ending with the sound of a vowel, like:

et, ou, où, que, à qui, à quoi, si.

Si on suppose or si l’on suppose

On a que ce que l’on mérite: we get what we deserve