pronom ON

class X

le pronom ON

• The pronoun on means one, someone, everyone, people or they in a nonspecific sense:
  examples:
  - Comme on dit... [As they say...]
  - On dit que ce film est intéressant. [They say that this film is interesting.]
  - On a trouvé mon portefeuille. [Someone found my wallet.]
  - On n'aime plus ce feuilleton. [People don't like this serial anymore.]
• On often replaces nous or vous in spoken French:
  examples:
  - On y va? [Shall we go?]
  - Alors les enfants, que veut-on faire? [Ok, kids, what do you want to do?]
• On can also replace passive voice.
  examples:
  - On parle français ici. [French is spoken here.]
  - On lui a dit de venir. [He was asked to come.]