French grammar essentials · Lesson 2 of 6
son or sont, on or ont
is the verb : means they are, and you can say instead. means his or her, before a masculine noun.
is the verb : means they have, and you can say instead. is a subject pronoun like , meaning one or we.
always follows a plural subject: , . is the subject itself, so a verb comes right after it: , . follows , or a plural noun, while comes right before a noun.
Examples
- Ils sont contents de voir son frère.
- On part demain.
- Elles ont fini leur travail.
- On a vu son chien au parc.
- Ses parents sont partis et ils ont laissé un mot.