Re: À la salle de jeux vidéos (y versus en) [ Would like an answer from a Kwiziq Expert ]

Question

Bonjour Madame Aurélie !Thanks for designing this worksheet which was a brain -teaser indeed !A question which I propose to ask you  is regarding this sentence -Tout ça pour en arriver là !The English translation suggests “All that to get there !” But I want to ask what is the very need to use an adverbial pronoun en when the English can be interrupted without en ? Secondly , you specified in the English “ to get from there to there” . Does this play an important role in deciding the option between “y/en” as I answered “y” ?Merci d’avance !Bonne journée !

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Varsha !
This one is very interesting :)
Yes, the pronoun "en" usually replaces a complement clause starting with the preposition "de".Here, that clause is implied, and that's to get "from there" (de + [location]) to there!
See our related lesson: 
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/the-adverbial-pronoun-en-can-replace-a-phrase-introduced-by-de
Bonne journée !

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C’est très claire Madame Aurélie ! Merci encore !Bonne journée !