Ch 20 · Lesson 5French · Chapter 20 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer
Subject pronouns
Prescribed by the AQA specification - revisited.
The short version
Real French says on, not
.
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The textbook teaches ; the pavement says on . On takes a third-person singular verb and does the work of we in most spoken French. Keep for writing, and reach for on the moment you open your mouth.
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