can I use "on" instead of for passive sentences
for example
on a donné de l'argent ( money was given to us)
I wish your helps
on and we for passive?
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on and we for passive?
Hi Ozan,
Take a look at this Kwiziq lesson on the passive voice and in particular when you cannot use it in French.
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/glossary/voice/la-voix-passive-passive-voice
The verbs 'donner' and 'offrir' are not used as in English 'we were given' and you would have to say -
On nous a offert/donné un ordinateur = We have been given a computer
but you could say-
Un ordinateur nous a été donné = A computer was given to us
Hope this helps!
Yes, you can (note, however, that you need the proper form of être to form the passive voice):
On a été donnés de l'argent. -- We were given money.
However, I suspect that this construction may sound a bit stilted to French ears. One would probably avoid the passive construction at all and say: on nous a donné de l'argent.
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