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[uneven locust]

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[wet moss]

• Est-ce que tu vas manger du gateau ?
• Oui, je vais en manger.

[brazen topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/groove-battle-gif-23558195

je comprends rien

[wet moss]

Since ''du gâteau'' is the direct object of the verb manger

and not vas

[carmine pawn]

It goes before the verb it's the object of, like other object pronouns

[brazen topaz]

en goes after the first verb

[wet moss]

it goes before manger

[carmine pawn]

There are no sentences with multiple verbs there

[brazen topaz]

oh

yeah thats a good point

[carmine pawn]

Like
Je vais la manger
Not je la vais manger..

Same thing

[brazen topaz]

i am going the eat

I the going eat

[carmine pawn]

I am going to eat it
I am going it to eat

[brazen topaz]

the second doesnt make any sense

[carmine pawn]

Exactly

[brazen topaz]

then why did you say its the same shit

[carmine pawn]

Same with en

[modern apex]

He meant that if « je la vais manger » is wrong, « j'en vais manger » is wrong too

[carmine pawn]

Je vais en manger - I am going to eat some
J'en vais manger - I am going some to eat

[brazen topaz]

quick summary:

2 verbs or more: en goes after the first one
1 verb: en goes before the verb

right

[carmine pawn]

No

[carmine pawn]

Like I said, object pronouns go before the verb they are an object of

[brazen topaz]

i dont understand: they are an object of

[carmine pawn]

Je l'ai vu prendre un morceau
2 verbs, comes before first verb because it's the object of the first verb

You saw what? Them
You arent "taking" them

[brazen topaz]

does vu mean to see

but conjugated

[carmine pawn]

Yea

[brazen topaz]

and l'ai

no translator explains what it means

AI (artificial intelligence)

[carmine pawn]

Avoir

[brazen topaz]

and la

la ai

the have

[carmine pawn]

Or le

[brazen topaz]

articles le and la can also mean "it, he/him"?

[carmine pawn]

They're not articles they're direct object pronouns

[brazen topaz]

oh i kinda get it

Je l'ai -> I have him (doing something)

no?

Je l'ai vu -> I have saw him/her (we dont know)
Je l'ai mangé -> I have eaten it

[modern apex]

That's a different construction

[brazen topaz]

Albatros, I get it.

Est-ce que tu vas manger un pomme?
Ouais, je vais en manger.

[modern apex]

We would know actually because the past participle would change

Je l'ai vu (le + ai vu) -> I saw him
Je l'ai vue (la + ai vue) -> I saw her

[brazen topaz]

oh right

[modern apex]

une*
While the position is correct, usage of « en » here isn't because you said « une pomme » and not « des pommes »

Remember, « en » replaces « de + object »

« en » would've made sense if you had written a number after the verb

—Est-ce que tu vas manger une pomme ?
—Non, je vais en manger deux.

This is because « en » can be used with numbers to replace the noun that number modifies. It's right below the screenshot you sent.

[brazen topaz]

but why? I am going to eat one apple, some of it

not some of them

[modern apex]

Because there’s a defined amount, « en » doesn’t make sense unless you’re repeating the number. In that case you can just use the definite pronoun.

[brazen topaz]

ah d'accord

[modern apex]

—Est-ce que tu vas manger une pomme ?
–Oui je vais en manger une
OR
–Oui je vais la manger

[brazen topaz]

👍 makes sense

[brazen topaz]

so the first would translate to: "I am going to eat one. (some of it, we're not sure if we are going to eat full apple)"

[modern apex]

one (of them)

[modern apex]

No no no, that meaning only applies if we said « des pommes » which is an indefinite amount

[brazen topaz]

oh

Est-ce que to vas manger des pommes ?
ouais, je vais en manger

[modern apex]

Typo on the subject pronoun tu but sure yeah

[brazen topaz]

finally