Indefinite articles

Question

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!)

Laura K Lawless · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Andy,   Yes, that's exactly what it means.

Andy Normansell · Answer

For example:

As-tu une caméra ? - Oui j'en ai une.

Andy Normansell · Answer

Wow, I hadn't thought of it in those terms before.
That really helps.
Thank-you.

Becky Livingston · Answer

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.

Ian Brameld · Answer

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.

Cécile Janty-Davies · Answer

Hi Becky and Ian, 
The accepted answer is -
 J'en ai trouvé six = I have found six ( of them) 
If you said
Moi, j'en ai six 
You would be saying that you have six of them not specifying that you have found them which was being asked.
Hope this helps!