What does the french term 'On Va' mean?

Question

From the verb 'Aller'(to go)

Answer 1

Antoine has given the right answer.

But there is something else to say :

" On va" means also "We are going to + verb"

It's used for future ( immediate, very next),but in a more familiar way.

For example, " on va gagner " = "We are going to win"

Answer 2

Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?

Answer 3

Hi,
In such a sentence like "On va à la plage" it mean "we are going to the beach". The correct sentence in french is "nous allons à la plage", "on" can be seen as an oral form of "nous" (we). In the sentence "On y va", it's the same ("y" is just a word for a place, the personn who is reading or earing the sentence is supposed to knowwich place "y" is). But "on" is also used when you talk about "someone" or "people" in general, like: "quand on va à la plage, on doit se protéger du soleil" mean "when people go to the beach, they have to protect themselve from sun". So the meaning of "on va" depend on the context.
Hope it'll help you, foirgive me for the mistakes in english.

Answer 4

Literally 'one goes.'

Cf. Spanish: Vamos
Italian: Andiamo
Both of which mean approximately let's go.
The French would then be On y va.
If On va is spoken as a question, then it means 'Shall we go?'
A bald On va, implies that someone in the party has made a decision for the rest and is politely saying, 'We're going. Discussion over.'

Answer 5

strange no one mentioned it here (although i was myself surprised the first time i heard it), 'on va' can be actually used in greetings, the same context and meaning as 'ça va'. it's probably because 'on' can basically substitute any person, like discussed a lot above, so it might be derived from abridged 'tu vas bien?' which means 'are you ok' but is quite rarely used. instead most use 'ça va', or, as in the case of my french friends 'on va'.
ps. a typical (complete!) conversation between some acquantances using this could be 'On va?' - 'On va..' and that's every time they meet...

Answer 6

let's go if it's for "on y va"
but if it's "on va" following by a verb it's a form of future.
on va faire quelque chose: we're going to do something

Answer 7

"On va" in a sentence means "we will" or "we are going to" (or other similar things)
for example on va a la mer: we are going to the sea.

If you meant "On y va" it means "let's go"

hope this helps

Answer 8

On va = let´s go

Answer 9

It could be 'on y va', which means 'let's go', or 'on va faire...' which means 'we will do...'.

'On' is a funny old word in French because the basic translation of it is 'one' or the impersonal 'you' in English that people use to mean people in general, no one specific (as in 'one would have to pay to use the car park' or 'when you go there, they give you a ticket'). However, French people also use it to mean 'we' (far more than 'nous').

Answer 10

On va means "one goes"- one, meaning a person or someone.-i.e. One goes to the park on sunny day. On va au parc quand il fait beau. I guess we would really say, You can go to the parc when the weather is nice. Or, On va a l'ecole chaque jour. One goes to school ever day. Au revoir, bon chance.