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The pronouns Y and EN

The pronouns Y and EN. Y is used to replace places and location expressions! EN is used for the partitif and un or une!. Basic Review. Here are examples of place expressions, which are replaced with Y: À Paris, en haut de la Tour Eiffel, chez mon ami.

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The pronouns Y and EN

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  1. The pronouns Y and EN Y is used to replace places and location expressions! EN is used for the partitif and un or une!

  2. Basic Review • Here are examples of place expressions, which are replaced with Y: • À Paris, en haut de la Tour Eiffel, chez mon ami. • Here are examples of partitif expressions and items: • Du pain, de la glace, du stade, un crayon

  3. I am going home. I am going there. • He is on top of the Tour Eiffel. He is there. • I have some bread. • I have some.

  4. Y pronoun • Instead of saying: Tout le monde va au café. Au café is replaced by the pronoun Y. Therefore, you would say: Tout le monde y va. You would have “y” because you are replacing the place with y, which means there.

  5. EN pronoun • Instead of saying: La famille achète du pain. Du pain is replaced by the pronoun EN. Therefore, you would say: La famille en achète. You would have “en” because you are replacing some bread with en, which means some. . Elle va acheter deux stylos. Elle va en acheter deux. You may keep the number of items at the end of the sentence to be more specific.

  6. Rule One • The Y/EN precedes the verb -in the present tense -in the past tense Ex. Il mange du raisin rouge. Il a mangé du raisin vert. Il en mange. Il en a mangé.

  7. Rule Two • Y/EN precedes -the infinitive of a futur proche construction Ex. Elle va monter en haut de l’Arc de Triomphe. Elle va y monter. . Elle va faire des devoirs. Elle va en faire.

  8. Rule Three • Y/EN -attaches to the end of the verb with a hyphen for a positive command Ex. Allez chez moi! Allez-y! Achète du pain. Achètes-en!

  9. Rule Four • Y/EN -precedes the verb in a negative command Ex. Ne montez pas en haut de la Tour Eiffel! N’ y montez pas! N’achète pas de café. N’en achète pas.

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