Indefinite articles
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AndyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Indefinite articles
When the lesson states that en, as a pronoun, can replace a noun + a quantity, is this effectively saying that en can replace any noun introduced by an indefinite article? (and the indefinite article itself too of course!)
This question relates to:French lesson "En with quantities = Of them (adverbial pronoun)"
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AndyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Wow, I hadn't thought of it in those terms before.
That really helps.
Thank-you.
BeckyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
I had the question "I found ten eggs, and you? - Me, I found six." The answer was j'en ai trouvé six, but I wrote j'ai trouvé six because there was no specific reference to 'them'. I think the question should read "Me, I found six of them". This would make things much clearer.
IanKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
I had exactly the same problem. I thought it was a trap where it was not translated as : "I have six of them" just I have six. The obvious answer was "J'en ai six" but I thought "...of them" had been deliberately missed to demand a different answer. Non of the examples in the lesson illustrate this.
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Indefinite articles
When the lesson states that en, as a pronoun, can replace a noun + a quantity, is this effectively saying that en can replace any noun introduced by an indefinite article? (and the indefinite article itself too of course!)
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