How to Say ‘We could have lunch’ in French
On pourrait déjeuner
on poor-ray day-zhuh-NAY
[on poor-ray day-zhuh-NAY]
💬 Usage Tip: In everyday speech, on replaces nous for "we". Use On pourrait plus an action to make any suggestion: On pourrait sortir "We could go out".
Phrase Breakdown
On
[on]
We
Used by a speaker to refer to themself and one or more other people considered together.
On y va maintenant.
We are going now.
pourrait
[poor-ray]
could
Conditional of “pouvoir”: on pourrait = we could / we might. Polite way to make a suggestion.
On pourrait le regarder après le dîner.
We could watch it after dinner.
déjeuner
[day-zhuh-NAY]
to have lunch
Verb meaning to eat the midday meal.
Nous allons déjeuner ensemble.
We are going to have lunch together.
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