Y et En

Y anden are both pronouns that go before the verb. Y (ee)means it or there. En (awn) meanssome or some (of them), or of it. They replaceprepositional phrases. In French, the phrases will begin with à (orany contraction of it), en, sur, sous, chez, or dans for y;and de (or any contraction of it) or a number for en.They cannot replace people unless the person is introduced with anindefinite article, partitive, number or quantity. Remember that they gobefore the verb, except in a command, in which they follow theverb and are connected with a hyphen. The -er verbs also add the -s theylost when forming the you (familiar) command.

Note: Notice y and en don't go after the verbin negative commands. Treat them like pronouns. Ne or Jeplus y or en all contract to N'y (nee), J'y (zhee),N'en (nawn), and J'en (zhawn).When you have a conjugated verb plus an infinitive (vais and aller), they or en go in between the two verbs.