Y not En

Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

«Nous allons en France tous les ans» . Write "We go there every year": Nous ________ allons tous les ans. The correct answer is "Nous y allons tous les ans." Why does "y" replace "en france" instead of "en."Lesson states: "Y replaces places introduced with prepositions "à, sur, chez, dans."

This question relates to:French lesson "Y = There (French Adverbial Pronouns)"

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Drew,

As stated below and taken from the lesson-

"Notice that to refer to a place previously mentioned in French, you use the pronoun y ('there')."

Hope this helps!

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Y not En

«Nous allons en France tous les ans» . Write "We go there every year": Nous ________ allons tous les ans. The correct answer is "Nous y allons tous les ans." Why does "y" replace "en france" instead of "en."Lesson states: "Y replaces places introduced with prepositions "à, sur, chez, dans."

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