Nous voulons protéger la planète ensemble.

we

Breakdown of Nous voulons protéger la planète ensemble.

• ensemble: together
• vouloir: to want
• protéger: to protect

Questions & Answers about Nous voulons protéger la planète ensemble.

Why is it voulons and not veux or voulez?

Because vouloir (to want) has to agree with the subject nous (we).

Present tense of vouloir:

• je veux – I want
• tu veux – you want (singular, informal)
• il / elle / on veut – he / she / one/we (informal) wants
• nous voulons – we want
• vous voulez – you want (plural or formal)
• ils / elles veulent – they want

Since the subject is nous, the correct form is nous voulons. Using veux or voulez would mismatch the subject and verb.

Why is protéger in the infinitive form and not conjugated?

After vouloir, French uses the infinitive of the next verb, just like English uses to + verb.

• Nous voulons protéger = We want to protect
• Je veux manger = I want to eat
• Ils veulent partir = They want to leave

So you conjugate vouloir for the subject, and keep protéger in the infinitive. You never say nous voulons protégeons; that would be incorrect.

Why is there no preposition like à or de before ?