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Pesky Pronouns: Y and En Posted by on Oct 4, 2016

In French, the most well known pronouns, of course, are je (I), tu (you singular), il/elle/on (he/she), nous (we), vous (you plural/formal), ils/elles (they). But there are many other–and more confusing–pronouns as well. The peskiest of these–and the most difficult for many French learners to master–is y and en.    These pronouns are called, more precisely, adverbial pronouns because they actually act as adverbs, too. They replace both nouns…

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