en ou y

Hans W.A1Kwiziq community member

en ou y

I was struggling because London is a place and usually you replace a place by y at the same time I recognized the "de" which triggers en

Asked 2 weeks ago
CélineKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Hans,

If you take another look at the lesson link below, You can see that "en" can also replace a location (a shop, a city etc).

The lesson explains that: 

En as a pronoun can replace phrases introduced by the preposition de + [thing]/[object]/[location] (but not people), particularly with verbs that require de.
Je viens de Paris. - J'en viens aussi !I come from Paris. - I come from there too!

En can replace de + [phrase] (French Adverbial Pronouns)

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée !

Hans W. asked:

en ou y

I was struggling because London is a place and usually you replace a place by y at the same time I recognized the "de" which triggers en

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