I need to memorize it for my french final (tomorrow) but i just cannot find an easy way to remember how to use it, do you have any tips?
2007-12-16 13:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by ¬¬ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i need someone who knows this stuff!
an example is:
2007-12-16 13:10:27 · update #1
Tu as de l'aspirine?
and the answer is :
Oui, j'en ai.
2007-12-16 13:11:16 · update #2
It's not so easy. In the example you gave, it means "some of that" or "one of those"
Like if someone asks, "Are there any supermarkets near here?"
Est-ce qu'il y a des supermarches pres d'ici?
One could answer:
Il y en a un.
IL y a = there is
un = one
en = of them, some, of that
The word order is what's hard: Oui, j'en ai.
= Yes, I + of that + have.
en France (in France) is different.
2007-12-16 13:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by topink 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I`m sorry.. but you kind of.. have to memorize it :(
French speakers like me don`t have to learn it because they automatically know how to use it. It just sounds right or it doesn`t.
I'll try to help you though...
J'en ai = I have some of it.
Tu as de l'aspirine?
Oui, j'en ai.
Do you have aspirin?
Yes, I have some (of it).
2007-12-16 13:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by Serenity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It replaces a noun following 'de (or de la/ de l'/ du/ des)'...
Vous avez du pain? (Do you have (some) bread?)
Oui, j'en ai (Yes I have [some])
..to avoid the clumsiness of having to repeat 'du pain' in your answer.
In the same way that the pronoun 'y' replaces a noun following 'à'...
Vous allez à l'hopital? (Are you going to the hospital?)
Oui, j'y vais (Yes, I'm going [there]).
2007-12-16 13:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by mootch 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"En" is used to replace any form of "de" (de l', de la, du, or des) Nous allons revenir de l'hôpital = Nous allons en revenir; as well as an element of quantity, e.g. Tu as beacoup de livres? - Oui, j'en ai beacoup.
2007-12-16 13:22:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
En means in... Doesn't seem to hard to memorize.
2007-12-16 13:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, baby
2007-12-18 13:42:47 · answer #6 · answered by timothy_yeav 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For your answer are you tring to say, "Yes I am." If you are it's pronounced Oui, Je suis
2007-12-16 16:21:27 · answer #7 · answered by account deleted 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋