Nous analysons ce texte ensemble.

Analysons is the present tense (présent de l’indicatif) form of analyser for nous.

Conjugation of analyser in the present:

• je analyse
• tu analyses
• il / elle / on analyse
• nous analysons
• vous analysez
• ils / elles analysent

So:

• nous analysons = we analyze / we are analyzing
• nous analystent ❌ (wrong ending)
• nous analyser ❌ (that’s the infinitive “to analyze,” not a finite verb form)

Yes. French doesn’t have a separate continuous tense like “are analyzing.”

Nous analysons can mean:

• We analyze this text together (habitual, general)
• We are analyzing this text together (right now)

Context (or an added time expression like en ce moment, en général) tells you whether it’s ongoing or habitual.

The demonstrative adjective ce / cet / cette / ces must agree with the gender and number of the noun:

• ce = masculine singular before a consonant
• cet = masculine singular before a vowel or mute h
• cette = feminine singular
• ces = plural (masc. or fem.)

Texte is:

• masculine
• singular
• starts with a consonant sound /t/

So:

• ce texte ✅
• cet texte ❌ (you’d say cet article, cet homme)
• cette texte ❌ (would be used if it were a feminine noun)

Actually, ce is functioning a bit like an article here; it’s a demonstrative adjective meaning “this/that.”

Structure:

• ce = this
• texte = text

French doesn’t stack an article plus a demonstrative (no le ce texte). You either say:

• le texte = the text
• ce texte = this text / that text

So ce texte already includes the idea of “this”, and doesn’t need an extra article.

Ensemble means “together.” In this sentence:

• Nous analysons ce texte ensemble.
  = We analyze / are analyzing this text together.

Position:

• The most natural spot is at the end: …ce texte ensemble.
• You could also say: Nous analysons ensemble ce texte. (emphasis on doing it together)
• You cannot split it like in English (“en se mble” or between words) and you don’t change its form; ensemble is invariable (no masculine/feminine, no plural).

Both can mean “we”, but they differ in tone and grammar:

• Nous analysons ce texte ensemble.

  • More formal, careful, or written French.
  • Verb agrees with nous: analysons.

• On analyse ce texte ensemble.

  • Very common in spoken French.
  • Grammatically third person singular, but usually means “we” in everyday speech.
  • Verb: analyse (same as il/elle/on analyse).

In conversation, you’ll hear on analyse ce texte ensemble more often than nous analysons ce texte ensemble, but both are correct.

Rough guide (slashes for syllables):

• nous → /nu/
• analysons → /a.na.li.zɔ̃/ (final -s is silent, nasal vowel /ɔ̃/)
• ce → /sə/ (schwa sound)
• texte → /tɛkst/ (final -e is silent; pronounce the x and t)
• ensemble → /ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl/ (two nasal vowels /ɑ̃/, final -e silent, pronounce bl)

Rhythm:
Nous a-na-ly-sons | ce texte | en-sem-ble

There’s no obligatory liaison between nous and analysons here (you don’t need to say /nuz‿analyzɔ̃/), and none between texte and ensemble (you do not pronounce the e at the end of texte).

Analyser overlaps with “to analyze”, but in everyday language it can be a bit broader and sometimes feel close to “to examine / to study / to break down and understand.”

Examples:

• Analyser un texte = analyze / examine / closely study a text
• Analyser un problème = analyze / work through a problem
• Étudier un texte = more literally “study a text”
  (focus on learning it, not necessarily breaking it into parts)

In Nous analysons ce texte ensemble, a natural English translation could be:

• We’re analyzing this text together, or
• We’re going through this text together (depending on context).

Use the near future (futur proche) with aller + infinitive:

• Nous allons analyser ce texte ensemble.
  = We are going to analyze this text together.

Structure:

• nous (we)
• allons (are going)
• analyser (to analyze – infinitive)
• ce texte (this text)
• ensemble (together)

Yes, you can use a direct object pronoun. For texte (masculine singular), the pronoun is le.

• Full: Nous analysons ce texte ensemble.
• With pronoun: Nous l’analysons ensemble.

Rules:

• le goes before the verb: nous le analysons → nous l’analysons (elision to l’ because analysons starts with a vowel sound).
• Meaning: We analyze it together / We’re analyzing it together.