"We'll see each other tonight?"
Translation:On se voit ce soir ?
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Why does it have to be "on"? Is that a specific French idiom to go with this sentence structure? Would "Nous se voyons ce soir" not work?
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it doesn't have to be 'on'.
'se' is tied to the verb by person and number. it is only used with third person verbs both singular and plural. if you use the informal pronoun, 'on', to mean 'we' (or somebody), you must use the singular third person verb and the reflexive pronoun 'se'. if you use 'nous' as the subject the reflexive pronoun is 'nous'.
Yes, word-for-word, it means "We see ourselves", but in the context of the given sentence it is a French idiom for "We (will) see each other." "Nous nous voyons ce soir?" is accepted as correct.
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That would mean Someone will see us tonight ? (Weird.)
Each subject pronoun uses its own reflexive pronoun.
| Subject pronoun | Reflexive pronoun |
|---|---|
| Je | me |
| Tu | te |
| Il/elle (on) | se |
| Nous | nous |
| Vous | vous |
| Ils/elles | se |
"Nous nous ..." works too. Sometimes, if I get it wrong and see the answer, I keep trying an alternative answer until I get it right. Helps learn another way to say the same thing.
the hover text prompted, and Duo accepted, "nous nous verrons ce soir." What on earth is that?
What does "On se" mean? I can not find this combo in the dictionary. Thanks
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This is the reflexive grammar construction. "On" means "we" as it usually does, and the "se" basically points the verb back at the subject. So very roughly it corresponds to "us" or "each other"
Shortly after I posted my question, I realized the On=we usually takes the verb in the third person, so that would be "se. Therefore, On see or nous nous means the same. Thanks for the reply.
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Where did you find that? It's not a word. The future form is "verrons" and that is accepted.
My answer is " On se verra ce soir. " but Duolingo says," On se voit ce soir." I don't know why he does't use the future perfect?