Des plats typiques : use of 'y' and 'en'
I can recognise a range of typical French foods and dishes and can use 'y' and 'en' with correct word order.
Des plats typiques : use of 'y' and 'en'
I can recognise a range of typical French foods and dishes and can use 'y' and 'en' with correct word order.
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Key learning points
- [y] sounds like 'y' in 'physique'
- Y can replace the object of a verb followed by à e.g. elle y a pensé.
- We do not use 'y' for people. We use pronouns in this case e.g. Je pense à lui.
- Il y en a means 'there is/are some'. It can also be used in the past tense: il y en avait and the future: il y en aura.
Keywords
Y - indirect object pronoun meaning ‘there’ and '(to, about, in) it'
En - indirect object pronoun meaning 'of it/them' used to replace 'de + noun'
Common misconception
In the perfect tense, the pronouns y and en go before the past participle.
Both y and en go before the auxiliary verb in the perfect tense e.g. il y est allé, il en a mangé.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
chocolate
chips
vegetables
quantity
Exit quiz
6 Questions
there will be some
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there is/are some
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