Ce matin, elle en a trouvé une sous le sèche-cheveux French Q&A

Andy

Kwiziq community member

3 January 2017

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Ce matin, elle en a trouvé une sous le sèche-cheveux

Hello. In the Week 29 B1 writing test, the above sentence appears as a translation for 'This morning, she found one under the hairdryer.' To begin with I was confused by the phrase appearing to have two objects. But after thinking about it could this sentence be read as: 'This morning, she found one (of them) under the hairdryer.' ~Thanks for your help

This question relates to:
French lesson "En can replace de + phrase (adverbial pronoun)"

Aurélie

Kwiziq language super star

4 January 2017

4/01/17

Bonjour Andy ! Yes, that's exactly how this sentence works literally. In French, you need to mention the thing that the quantity refers to, otherwise something is missing (She found one what?). See the related lesson: En with quantities = Of them (adverbial pronoun) I hope that's helpful! Bonne Année !