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Dec 23, 2020 - 07:49 AM
Hi Sam,
Here in session 20 level 3 Caroline is referring to "objects" in the sense of "things" and not in the grammatical sense.
Il, Elle, Ils and Elles are indeed used to replace material things when they're the SUBJECT of a sentence, as in:
Tu connais ce restaurant? Il est très bon.
J'aime bien les chambres de cet hôtel, elles sont grandes et confortables.
Whereas "en" and "y" have very different uses:
En usually replaces OBJECT complements introduced by "de", as in:
Ils ont des oranges. J'en veux deux.
Y usually replaces OBJECT complements introduced by "à", as in:
Ma femme est à Paris. J'y vais demain.
Hope it helps clarifying a little :-)
Here in session 20 level 3 Caroline is referring to "objects" in the sense of "things" and not in the grammatical sense.
Il, Elle, Ils and Elles are indeed used to replace material things when they're the SUBJECT of a sentence, as in:
Tu connais ce restaurant? Il est très bon.
J'aime bien les chambres de cet hôtel, elles sont grandes et confortables.
Whereas "en" and "y" have very different uses:
En usually replaces OBJECT complements introduced by "de", as in:
Ils ont des oranges. J'en veux deux.
Y usually replaces OBJECT complements introduced by "à", as in:
Ma femme est à Paris. J'y vais demain.
Hope it helps clarifying a little :-)
