Module 6 of the free French course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 24 of 30: En stands for du, de la or des plus a thing: Tu veux du pain? On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 24.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| j'en veux deux | I want two of them | zhah(n) VUH duh |
| j'en mange souvent | I eat some often | zhah(n) mah(n)zh soo-VAH(n) |
| il y en a | there is some | eel ee ah(n) NAH |
| assez | enough | ah-SAY |
| trop | too much | troh |
| la moitié | the half | lah mwah-TYAY |
| le morceau | the piece | luh mor-SOH |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
En stands for du, de la or des plus a thing: Tu veux du pain? Oui, j'en veux. Des pommes? J'en mange souvent. Il y en a — there is some.
En loves numbers: Tu as des frères? J'en ai deux. The noun disappears; the amount stays. That shrinking is what natural-sounding French is made of.
en replaces du, de la or des plus a thing, and the amount stays behind it: j'en ai deux. Never j'ai deux en, and never j'en ai deux frères.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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