J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens. In this sentence which is the meaning of "en"

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J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens. In this sentence which is the meaning of "en"

if it is "some" I think I need "a lot"

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate avoir in le Conditionnel Présent (conditional mood)"

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Bonjour Doraida, If you didn't use en, the sentence would be something like "J'aurais une grande maison si j'avais les moyens d'avoir une grande maison." En replaces de and everything after it. Here's a lesson you might find useful: En can replace de + phrase (adverbial pronoun)

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J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens. In this sentence which is the meaning of "en"

if it is "some" I think I need "a lot"

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