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Friday, February 4, 2011

en

some, of it/them, from there

  • Voulez-vous du beurre? Oui, j’en veux.
    Do you want some butter? Yes, I want some.
  • Vous avez besoin de livres? Oui, j’en ai besoin.
    You need books? Yes, I  need some.
  • Vous avez des lampes? Combien en avez-vous?
    You have some lamps? How many of them do you have?
  • Tu as les trois clés? Non, j’en ai deux.
    You have the three keys? No, I have two of them.
  • Tu viens de Londres? Oui, j’en viens.
    You’re coming from London? Yes, I’m coming from there.

ABOUT EN
The adverbial pronoun en typically replaces phrases that begin with de — especially the partitive article. It may also be used to stand in for de + a place or to demonstrate a portion of a definite quantity (Il en a cinq/He has five of them).

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