book confusion

c. p.A0Kwiziq community member

book confusion

I get what this article is saying but I'm still confused of what my book said:

ex:

Vous avez passé la journee a la plage, les garcons?
A la plage? Non! Nous, on a fait du skate avec des copains.

In here, why was 'on' before 'nous'?

Asked 4 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

This is because the colloquial use of on as nous still has nous as the stress pronoun. The difference becomes maybe a bit clearer if you compare these two sentences:

Eux, ils ont fait du skate.
Nous, on a fait du skate.

The first pronouns (eux, nous) are the stress pronouns, where as the second ones (ils, on) are the personal pronouns.

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book confusion

I get what this article is saying but I'm still confused of what my book said:

ex:

Vous avez passé la journee a la plage, les garcons?
A la plage? Non! Nous, on a fait du skate avec des copains.

In here, why was 'on' before 'nous'?

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