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The hidden meaning of the French “y”

Comment maîtriser le petit mot “y” en français

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Frederic
Oct 15, 2023
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Do you have trouble with the French word y? If you read today’s lesson, y won’t have any secrets for you anymore!

You learned that the two most common prepositions in French are:

  • De

  • À

You might have also learned that certain words like dont and en replace the preposition de.

If the pronoun en replaces de preposition de, then the pronoun y is the equivalen…

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