Why use on instead of nous?

Meesh N.A1Kwiziq community member

Why use on instead of nous?

Why use "on" to say " we" drank, we took etc. 

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

...because on is the colloquial "we". You won't hear a lot of nous in spoken, familiar French.

Meesh N. asked:

Why use on instead of nous?

Why use "on" to say " we" drank, we took etc. 

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