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Title: The pronoun Y


1
The pronoun Y
  • Y is used to replace places and location
    expressions!

2
Basic Review
  • Here are examples of place expressions, which are
    replaced with Y
  • à Paris
  • à la pâtisserie
  • en haut de la Tour Eiffel
  • chez mon ami
  • dans la boîte
  • en France

3
  • I am going home. I am going there.
  • Je vais chez moi. Jy vais.
  • He is on top of the Tour Eiffel. He is there.
  • Il est en haut de la Tour Eiffel. Il y est.
  • It is nice weather in France. It is nice there.
  • Il fait beau en France. Il y fait beau.
  • The pen is in the box.The pen is there.
  • Le stylo est dans la boîte. Le stylo y est.

4
Y pronoun
  • MORE EXAMPLES
  • Tout le monde va au café.
  • Au café is replaced by the pronoun Y.
  • Therefore, you would say
  • Tout le monde y va.
  • You would have y because you are replacing the
    place with y, which means there.

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Rule One
  • The Y precedes the verb
  • -in the present tense
  • -in the past tense
  • Ex. Mon ami est à Paris.
  • Il y est.
  • Mon ami est allé à Paris.
  • Il y est allé.

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Rule Two
  • Y precedes
  • -the infinitive of a futur proche construction
  • Ex. Elle va monter en haut de lArc de Triomphe.
  • Elle va y monter.

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Rule Three
  • Y
  • -attaches to the end of the verb with a hyphen
    for a positive command
  • Ex. Allez chez moi!
  • Allez-y!

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Rule Four
  • Y
  • -precedes the verb in a negative command
  • Ex. Ne montez pas en haut de la Tour Eiffel!
  • N y montez pas!
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