regardons

Regardons is the present tense form of the French verb regarder for the first-person plural subject “nous,” meaning “we look.” It is also used as the imperative form “let us look” or “let us examine.” In standard pronunciation, regardons is spoken as [ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃].

As a regular -er verb, its full present-tense conjugation is: je regarde, tu regardes, il regarde, nous regardons, vous regardez, ils regardent. The infinitive is regarder; the present participle is regardant; the past participle is regardé. The form regardons thus serves both a descriptive sense (“we look”) and a hortative sense (“let us look”).

Usage and context: regardons commonly appears in everyday French to invite collective consideration or inspection of something. Examples include phrases like “Regardons les options” or “Regardons ce qui se passe.” It is found in conversation, instructional text, and narrative to signal a turn by the speaker and listeners toward examination, reflection, or discussion.

Etymology and related terms: regardons is built from the verb regarder, which itself derives from the noun regard (gaze, look). Related forms include regarder (to look), le regard (the gaze), regardant (looking/looking at), and regardez (you/you all look or look at).

In English translation, regardons is often rendered as “let us look” or, in a simple present context, “we look,” depending on usage and punctuation.