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Pour reserver une table
When making a restaurant reservation, I generally say,
"Je voudrait reserver une table pour deux personnes....."
Is this what an actual French person would say :)? Would "On voudrait.." be preferable to "Je voudrait..."?
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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on -
I think your formula is fine. It's actually Je voudrais... but you can't tell the difference on the phone.
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Permalink Reply by Adrienne Buskard on
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Great. Thanks very much, Stu. I appreciate the response.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy Slavvi on -
I am an actual French speaking person and I say it the way you do that is just fine. On would imply more than one person and it not the best here.
Tamy
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Thanks, Tammy. I'm never sure when I have a good opportunity to use "on".
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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on
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As a very rough guide: use on to mean "we" when talking to a person that you'd address as "tu". On the phone, where you're talking to somebody who doesn't know either you or who the "we" in question actually are, then the more formal nous is probably more appropriate.
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Those are the best guidelines I've ever heard. Thank you.
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