The French Pronoun "En"
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- Created on: 09-09-18 19:31
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- The French Pronoun "En"
- En replaces De + Noun
- En can be used to replace objects introduced by de
- For example, en can replace a partitive article + noun
- "Avez-vous de l'argent ?" - Do you have some money?
- "Oui, j'en ai." - Yes, I have some.
- En may replace nouns or pronouns in verb constructions that use "de"
- For example, "parler de" (to talk about)
- Nous in adverbs of quality can be replaced by en
- "Achetez-vous beaucoup de livres ?" - Are you buying a lot of books?
- "Oui, j'en achète beaucoup." - Yes, I am buying a lot [of them]
- En always precedes the noun, but adverbs stay in place after the verb
- "Achetez-vous beaucoup de livres ?" - Are you buying a lot of books?
- En always appears between the subject and the verb
- En replaces De + Noun
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