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Les pronoms adverbiaux y et en
Les pronoms adverbiaux y et en
The adverbial pronoun Y represents a thing, an idea, or a place.
NOTE: Y never represents a person.
Uses of Y:
Y replaces place names after a preposition of place: à, chez, dans, sous, sur, devant, avant, après, etc.
In this situation, it means: there.
Y can also replace a thing or an idea.
In this situation, it means: it/them or about it/them.
The adverbial pronoun EN replaces a place, a thing, an idea, and sometimes a person.
EN means some, any, of it, of them.
EN replaces:
de + a name of a place.
In this situation, it means: from there.
The partitive + a thing.
The indefinite article (un, une, des) + a thing or person.
Expressions of quantity and numbers + the name of a thing or a person.
Objects of verbs or expressions that always take de + a thing.
The order of Y and EN:
Y and en come before the verb that they complement. If they are together, y is always before en.
Reminder:
When there are two pronouns before a verb, me, te, se nous, vous, come before all the others.
Order of object pronouns
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