Bonjour Juke !
You could indeed use "en" to replace the group introduced by "de" :
"J'en connais certains."
There would be a slight nuance:
- "Je connais certains d'entre eux." = I know some of them.
- "J'en connais certains." = I know some [of them].
In the second case, there is less emphasis on "them".
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
can you say "Je en connais certains" instead of "Je connais certains d'entre eux"?
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juke b.Kwiziq community member
can you say "Je en connais certains" instead of "Je connais certains d'entre eux"?
This question relates to:French lesson "Certain(e)s d'entre eux/elles = Some of them (French Indefinite Pronouns)"
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Max K.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
It would IMO be more idiomatique and less stuffy to say J'en connais quelques-uns.
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