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"You have been very lucky that day", "Did you have my message?", and "I had three presents for my birthday", are literal translations from the French - they are NOT English. "You were very lucky that day", "Did you get (receive) my message?", and "I got (received) three presents for my birthday", would be correct English versions of those sentences. This might be of concern to non-native English speakers who are using this program to learn French. It seems to me that it would be best to learn to use BOTH languages correctly.
I can say, "I am bringing two bottles of wine there" I believe like this:
J'y apporte deux bouteilles de vin.
Can I say, "I am bringing two of them there" like this?
J'y en apporte deux.
Or would it be:
J'en y apporte deux.
Or would you use a completely different construction?
thanks, Scott
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