Why "en" in in "Tu peux en prendre un autre"?
Use of "en"
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Sharon F.Kwiziq community member
Use of "en"
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate pouvoir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
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Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Sharon,
"Tu peux en prendre un autre " can be translated in English as " You can have/take another one ( of them ) ".
Attached the relevant lesson on use of the adverbial pronoun ' en ' to replace something previously mentioned/known in the context of quantity of something.
Note in French ' en ' is necessary - unlike ' of them ' in English, it is not optional.
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