Translation of 'stay home'

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Translation of 'stay home'

In the sentence, ”She would probably have preferred for us to stay home.”, the latter part is translated by "...qu’on reste à la maison ”.  Must we use ’à la maison’ instead of ’chez nous’ because of the pronoun, ’on’?  In other words, does the use of ’on’ dictate the use of ’à la maison’, thereby prohibiting ’chez nous’ ?

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Frank,

You could say both -

Elle aurait sûrement préféré qu'on reste chez nous 

or

Elle aurait sûrement préféré qu'on reste à la maison 

Bonne Continuation !

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Translation of 'stay home'

In the sentence, ”She would probably have preferred for us to stay home.”, the latter part is translated by "...qu’on reste à la maison ”.  Must we use ’à la maison’ instead of ’chez nous’ because of the pronoun, ’on’?  In other words, does the use of ’on’ dictate the use of ’à la maison’, thereby prohibiting ’chez nous’ ?

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